Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity. The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
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I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. - Last words, October 12, 1915.
Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.
Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.
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What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
