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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. ↗
To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. ↗
#fiscal-policy #national-debt #political-philosophy #liberty
As government expands, liberty contracts. ↗
#political-philosophy #politics #scope-of-government #liberty
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence – it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master. ↗
#liberty #political-philosophy #scope-of-government #liberty
Inevitably it follows that anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes an authority or established convention': a rebel. ...And if enough people come to agree with—and follow—the REBEL, we now have a DEVIL. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have ... GREATNESS. ↗
If everyone is a product of this society, who will say the things that need to be said, and do the things that need to be done, without compromise? Truth will never start out popular in a world more concerned with marketability than righteousness. It will initially suffer ridicule and even violence- yet ultimately it is undeniable. All of humanity is living in a dream world, but suffering real consequences. ↗
There is a common tendency to turn off one's imagination at certain points and refuse to contemplate the possibility of having to do certain things and cope with the attendant moral problems. The things simply get done by the social machine, and one can keep one's clear conscience and one's moral indignation unsullied. ↗
#criticism #morality #philosophy #theory #art
Each voice carries a portion of value, no matter how unpalatable or distasteful that voice may be: no one person, government, ideology, transnational, or religious institution can own and dominate the whole. ↗
