Notable Quotable 75

Apr 29, 2023

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

- Marcus Aurelius

Democracy is the road to socialism.

- Karl Marx

You can get an idea of human nature only when you can see the relationship of the individual human being to the whole cosmos.

- Rudolf Steiner

The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognises no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

In modern states, the citizen is politically impotent. A citizen, it is true, may complain, make suggestions, or cause disruptions, but in the ancient world these were privileges that belonged to any slave.

- Mark Mirabello

Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement.

- Larken Rose

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.

- Albert Camus

The law is an opinion with a gun.

- Stefan Molyneux

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

- Dante Alighieri

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it always has a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.

- E. M. Forster