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Thoughts for Today
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We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is
the first duty of intelligent men: 30.
No government which governs by the use of force can survive except by
force. There is no going back because force begets force and the
perpetrators of crimes live in fear that they might become victims in
their turn." 29.
In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments 28.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always
so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts 27.
"The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least" 26.
"The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more
controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite,
unrestrained by traditional values. [...] [T]he capacity to assert
social and political control over the individual will vastly increase.
It will soon be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over
every citizen and to maintain up-to-date, complete files, containing
even most personal information about the health or personal behavior of
the citizen in addition to more customary data. These files will be
subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities." 25.
The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the
people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people
drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return 24. It is part of the moral tragedy with which we
are dealing that words like "democracy," "freedom," "rights,"
"justice," which have so often inspired heroism and have led men
to give their lives for things which make life worthwhile, can
also become a trap, the means of destroying the very things men
desire to uphold. 23.
"Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil
liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand
against the artillery of opinion." 22. "[America] goes not abroad, in search of
monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and
independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of
her own. She will commend the general cause by the countenance
of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example. She
well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her
own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she
would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all
the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy,
and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of
freedom." 21.
"I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations
in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands
of a maniac." 20.
All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought
to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it 19. "The man who does not do his own thinking is a
slave, and is a traitor to himself and his fellow men." 18.
"The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or
religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence.
Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do." 17.
"If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom." 16. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and
all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -
how passionately I hate them! 15.
"If you had only known the man you were trying to kill, you would have
risked your life, to save his." 14.
Wisdom is born - stupidity is learned 13.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to
gain ground 12.
Mark! where his carnage and his conquests cease, He makes a solitude and
calls it--peace! 11.
People have not been horrified by war to a sufficient extent ... War
will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys
the same reputation and prestige as the warrior does today 10.
"Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel
that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics."
9.
How many does it take to metamorphose wickedness into righteousness? One
man must not kill. If he does, it is murder.... But a state or nation
may kill as many as they please, and it is not murder. It is just,
necessary, commendable, and right 8.
"We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our
republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so much a credit as an
absolute prerequisite to efficient service to the public. Unless a
man is honest, we have no right to keep him in public life; it matters
not how brilliant his capacity." 7.
"He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who
tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and
influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of
power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man...: 6. "A time comes when silence is betrayal." 5.
"I think the subject which will be of most importance
politically is Mass Psychology. ...It's importance has been enormously
Increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda ... Although
this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to
the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its
convictions were generated." 4. “If a baseball player slides into home plate and, right before the umpire rules if he is safe or out, the player says to the umpire — ‘Here is $1,000.’ What would we call that? We would call that a bribe. If a lawyer was arguing a case before a judge and said, ‘Your honor before you decide on the guilt or innocence of my client, here is $1,000.’ What would we call that? We would call that a bribe."
“But if an industry lobbyist walks into the office of a key legislator
and hands her or him a check for $1,000, we call that a campaign
contribution. We should call it a bribe.” 3.
“I hated my part in the charade of murder and horror. My efforts were
contributing to the deaths, to the burning alive of children —
especially the children. The photographs of young Vietnamese children
burned by napalm destroyed me.” 2.
“I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of
it. Like all members of the military profession I never had an original
thought until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in
suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher- ups. This
is typical with everyone in the military service.” 1.
In such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is
the job of thinking people, not to be on the side of the executioners.
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