Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred
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Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort which it brings.
Note: Not all these authors are from the U.S.A.; however, the sentiments can be applied to patriotism all around the globe.
What I like in a good author is not what he says,
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What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.
Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of
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Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year - and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.
Axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they ar
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Axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses: We read fine things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the Author.
If the author had said Let us put on appropr
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If the author had said Let us put on appropriate galoshes, there could, of course, have been no poem.
If I was an artist,
you would be my picture!
If I was a poet,
you would be my inspiration!
If I was an author you would be my story!
But I’m only a cartoonist!
Liberty is the possibility of doubting, of making
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, of making a mistake,... of searching and experimenting,... of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophical, religious, social, and even political.
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which t
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
History is a novel for which the people is the au
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History is a novel for which the people is the author.
Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they ar
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Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself.
Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrag
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Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.
Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence
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Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.
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