At man's core there is a voice that wants him never to give in to fear. But if it is true that in general man cannot give in to fe...ar, at the very least he postpones indefinitely the moment when he will have to confront himself with the object of his fear ... when he will no longer have the assistance of reason as guaranteed by God, or when he will no longer have the assistance of God such as reason guaranteed. It is necessary to recoil, but it is necessary to leap, and perhaps one only recoils in order to leap better.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The mere fact of leaving ultimate social control in the hands of the people has not guaranteed that men will be able to conduct th...eir lives as free men. Those societies where men know they are free are often democracies, but sometimes they have strong chiefs and kings. ... they have, however, one common characteristic: they are all alike in making certain freedoms common to all citizens, and inalienable.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Men insist that they don't mind women succeeding so long as they retain their "femininity". Yet the qualities that men consider "f...eminine"Mtimidity, submissiveness, obedience, silliness, and self-debasement--are the very qualities best guaranteed to assure the defeat of even the most gifted aspirant.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by a...n independent and virtuous Judiciary.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles--whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfi...lled--is vulnerable to manipulation and regimentation. The struggle for survival is, above all, an exercise that is hugely time-consuming, absorbing and debilitating. If you create these "anti-conditions," your rule is guaranteed for a hundred years.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For men who want to flee Family Man America and never come back, there is a guaranteed solution: homosexuality is the new French F...oreign Legion.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, ever...ywhere is war ... and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes, me seh war. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained ... now everywhere is war.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If the average citizen is guaranteed equal opportunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the market place....... The flag and the Constitution stand for democracy and not tyranny, for freedom, not subjection.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Often the words "authority" and "power" are used interchangeably. We do so when we call government officials "the authorities." Bu...t often again, authority and power are distinguished, as when we say that a government official lacked the authority to engage in some venture. In English the root of authority is "author"; the connotation is that authority involves something productive. Yet the word "authoritarian" is used to describe a person or system which is repressive.... Of authority it may be said in the most general way that it is an attempt to interpret the conditions of power, to give the conditions of control and influence a meaning by defining an image of strength. The quest is for a strength that is solid, guaranteed, stable.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Democratization is not democracy; it is a slogan for the temporary liberalization handed down from an autocrat. Glasnost is not fr...ee speech; only free speech, constitutionally guaranteed, is free speech.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »