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“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
“Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then theyll feel theyre thinking, theyll get a sense of ...”
“I understand you, and I shall not attempt to make you change your mind. I am too old to want to improve the world. I have told you what I think, and that is all. I shall remain your friend even if ...”
“Only knowledge and truth may result in freedom of mind.”
“They were governed by private loyalties which they did not question. What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a tear, a word spoken to a dying man...”
“Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.”
“There is no cap to the potential within us, except when we place one on ourselves.”
“It is not possible for others to keep us prisoners if we want to be free”
“no people can be both ignorant and free.”
“A mind cluttered with past thoughts, old conversations and unhealed wounds can only serve to drag us down and compromise our ability to live free.”
“HOW TO MAKE A REVOLUTIONARY CONSCIOUSNESS IS: educate yourself. On the train, for example, read the same two pages of Das Kapital over and over, willing them to make sense.”
“Wouldnt be very fair to the rest of them, would it? Harper asked. Theyre not bad people, most of them. All they want is to be safe.Isnt that always a permission slip for ugliness and cruelty? All t...”
“Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they’ll feel they’re thinking, they’ll get a sense ...”
“Wouldn’t be very fair to the rest of them, would it?” Harper asked. “They’re not bad people, most of them. All they want is to be safe.”“Isn’t that always a permission slip for ugliness and cruelty...”
