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    Even more significant of the inherent weakness of the collectivist theories is the extraordinary paradox that from the assertion that society is in some sense more than merely the aggregate of all individuals their adherents regularly pass by a sort of intellectual somersault to the thesis that in order that the coherence of this larger entity be safeguarded it must be subjected to conscious control, that is, to the control of what in the last resort must be an individual mind. It thus comes about that in practice it is regularly the theoretical collectivist who extols individual reason and demands that all forces of society be made subject to the direction of a single mastermind, while it is the individualist who recognizes the limitations of the powers of individual reason and consequently advocates freedom as a means for the fullest development of the powers of the interindividual process.

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The secret of getting things done is to act!

The secret of getting things done is to act!

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Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren't. I don't know if its the way you read more

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The part of our social order which can or ought to be made a conscious product of human reason is read more

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The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some read more

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There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.

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True patriots we; for be it understood we left our country for our country's good.

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Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you want to hear.

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We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to attain excellence. To discover what a read more

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I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. read more

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!

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