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    The war for liberty never ends. One day liberty has to be defended against the power of wealth, on another day against the intrigues of politicians, on another against the dead hand of bureaucrats, on another against the patrioter and the militarist, on another against the profiteer, and then against the hysteria and the passions of the mobs, against obscurantism and stupidity, against the criminal and against the overrighteous. In this campaign every civilized man is enlisted till he dies, and he only has known the full joy of living who somewhere and at some time has struck a decisive blow for the freedom of the human spirit.

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Darkness yields to
starlight,
to the light of the rising
sun, and to the
light of the soul.

Darkness yields to
starlight,
to the light of the rising
sun, and to the
light of the soul.

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The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.

The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.

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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...

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All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.

All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.

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The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he read more

The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and talks conventionally. It would be almost a contradiction in terms for a politician to be a leader in the field of ideas. His task in a democracy is to find out what the opinions held by the largest number are, not to give currency to new opinions which may become the majority view in some distant future.

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Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

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Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

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There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

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Where things have not changed at all, there is the least likelihood of revolution.

Where things have not changed at all, there is the least likelihood of revolution.

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