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The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.
The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.
Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.
Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.
Well, I'm not a crook.
Well, I'm not a crook.
Individuality is freedom lived.
Individuality is freedom lived.
We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not read more
We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not to be doubted or questioned, it is the facts that have to be altered...
He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the read more
He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.
To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as read more
To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process.
God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.
God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.
The plans differ; the planners are all alike...
The plans differ; the planners are all alike...
