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This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. read more
This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] read more
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life; but only a fool trusts either of them.
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life; but only a fool trusts either of them.
The notion of a farseeing and despotic statesman, who can lay down plans for ages yet unborn, is a fancy read more
The notion of a farseeing and despotic statesman, who can lay down plans for ages yet unborn, is a fancy generated by the pride of the human intellect to which facts give no support.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the mother.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the mother.
Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.
Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.
One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.
One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.
