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Content is an obstacle to the exercise of power.


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Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.



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Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery.



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Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.



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People cannot do what they cannot think, and they cannot think what they cannot say.



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If economists were doctors, they would today be mired in malpractice suits.



Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate.

Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate.



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If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.





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