Quote About Tyranny and Power by C. S. Lewis
“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.”
C. S. Lewis
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Individual Rights and the Majority – Quote by Ayn Rand
“Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).”
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand on Public Interest and Individual Rights
“Since there is no such entity as ‘the public,’ since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that ‘the public interest’ supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning: that the interests and rights of some individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of others.”
Ayn Rand
“Act by Inspiration” – Quote by Russell M. Nelson
“Act by inspiration, motivated by love.”
Russell M. Nelson
“Man Sells Himself” – Quote by Erich Fromm
“Man does not only sell commodities, he sells himself and feels himself to be a commodity.”
Erich Fromm
Quote About Affection and Happiness by C. S. Lewis
“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.”
C. S. Lewis
Education and Manipulation – Quote by Erich Fromm
“Education is identical with helping the child realize his potentialities. The opposite of education is manipulation, which is based on the absence of faith in the growth of potentialities and the connection that a child will be right only if the adults put into him what is desirable and suppress what seems to be undesirable.”
Erich Fromm
Originality and Truth in Literature and Art – C. S. Lewis
“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”
C. S. Lewis
Education Quote by C. S. Lewis: Irrigating Deserts
“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.”
C. S. Lewis
“Whoever Defends His Own Rights” – Quote by Ayn Rand
“Whoever defends his own rights defends the rights of all.”
Ayn Rand