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There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and read more
There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power- God, history, fate, nation or humanity.
We are the people our parents warned us about.
We are the people our parents warned us about.
The more I saw of foreign countries the more I loved my own.
The more I saw of foreign countries the more I loved my own.
Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. read more
Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. The indications are that such an impairment is brought about not by strengthening the individual and pitting him against the possessors of power, but by distributing and diversifying power and pitting one category or unit of power against the other. Where power is one, the defeated individual, however strong and resourceful, can have no refuge and no recourse.
If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.
If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Laywers, I suppose, were children once.
Laywers, I suppose, were children once.
It is long past time that the President and this Administration show its evidence. . .Today, we are introducing a read more
It is long past time that the President and this Administration show its evidence. . .Today, we are introducing a Resolution of Inquiry to compel the White House to substantiate its claims. The President led the nation to war, and spent at least $63 billion on that war, on the basis of these unfounded assertions. ~ Rep. Dennis Kucinich
http://www.kucinich.us.
I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
