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2006 September 01
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"The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man's pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another." |
"I doubt if the oppressed ever fight for freedom.
They fight for pride and for power -- power to oppress others.
The oppressed want above all to imitate their oppressors;
they want to retaliate." |
"Persecution, whenever it occurs,
establishes only the power and cunning of the persecutor,
not the truth and worth of his belief." |
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2006 August 31
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"Governments have ever been known to hold a high hand over the education of the people. They know, better than anyone else, that their power is based almost entirely on the school. Hence, they monopolize it more and more." |
"Either you think -- or else others have to
think for you and take power from you,
pervert and discipline your natural tastes,
civilize and sterilize you." |
"Heresy is what the minority believe;
it is the name given by the powerful
to the doctrines of the weak." |
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2006 August 30
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"Ponder the capriciousness of human nature,
which allows momentary appetites and fleeting attitudes
to set the courses for entire lives and future responsibilities." |
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"But I know now that there is not a chance in hell of America becoming humane and reasonable. Because power corrupts us, and absolute power corrupts us absolutely. Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East? Their morale, like so many lifeless bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas." |
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2006 August 29
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"Guns will make us powerful;
butter will only make us fat." |
"Thus arbitrary power will have divided men
of superior intelligence into two groups:
the former will be seditious, the latter corrupt..." |
"In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power;
but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities
that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty." |
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2006 August 28
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"Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated." |
"The lust for power in dominating others
inflames the heart more than any other passion." |
"[I]t is not the source but the limitation of power
which prevents it from being arbitrary." |
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