Justice and Force – Blaise Pascal
“Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.”
Blaise Pascal
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Quote by Blaise Pascal about Small and Great Minds
“Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.”
Blaise Pascal
The only shame is to have none – Blaise Pascal
“The only shame is to have none.”
Blaise Pascal
Religion is a Fraud – Frederick the Great
“Religion is a fraud, but it must be maintained for the masses.”
Friedrich der Große
Critical Thinking – John Baldoni
“Critical thinking is the ability to evaluate options, weigh aberrations and make unforced decisions”
John Baldoni
Freedom of Speech and Independent Thinking – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Improving Critical Thinking – Richard W. Paul
“Critical thinking is thinking about your thinking while you’re thinking in order to make your thinking better.”
Richard W. Paul
Thomas Sowell on Redistribution and Poverty in the 20th Century
“The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty”
Thomas Sowell
Language Should Resemble Pure Water – Friedrich Theodor Vischer
“Language should resemble pure, transparent water through which we see the shapes at the bottom.”
Friedrich Theodor Vischer
No Other Language – Wilhelm Grimm
“No other language is in as pitiable a state as German.”
Wilhelm Grimm