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To speak of the impotence of power is no longer a witty paradox.


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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.



When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.



Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.



This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.



The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.



One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.



There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.



Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.



There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.



Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.





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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.



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And I come to realise that all my small todays, the way I act, will lead into my tomorrows.



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