Moral Relativism and Liberalism – Thomas Sowell
“An e-mail from a reader says that liberals like to take the moral high ground, even though their own moral relativism means that there is no moral high ground.”
Thomas Sowell
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Walter Lippmann on Superstition, Fads, and Ragtime
“Behind innocence there gathers a clotted mass of superstition, of twisted and misdirected impulse; clandestine flirtation, fads, and ragtime fill the unventilated mind.”
Walter Lippmann
Political Left and State Power – Thomas Sowell
“What the political left, even in democratic countries, share is the notion that knowledgeable and virtuous people like themselves have both a right and a duty to use the power of government to impose their superior knowledge and virtue on others.”
Thomas Sowell
Present Wants and the Future: Quote by Walter Lippmann
“The balancing of present wants against the future is really the central problem of ethics.”
Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann Quote on Statesmanship
“The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon the seat of government. It is an ability to penetrate from the na?ve self-interest of each group to its permanent and real interest. Statesmanship consists in giving the people not what they want but what they will learn to want.”
Walter Lippmann
Liberals and Their Assumptions – Thomas Sowell
“Liberals seem to assume that, if you don’t believe in their particular political solutions, then you don’t really care about the people that they claim to want to help.”
Thomas Sowell
Hans-Peter Dürr Quote on Our Lifestyle and the Earth
“Our lifestyle in the Western world – if applied to everyone – would far exceed the Earth’s capacity. We would need at least five new Earths.”
Hans-Peter Dürr
Emma Goldman: Women and Freedom
“Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open.”
Emma Goldman
Christianity as a Demanding Religion – Neil Postman
“I believe I am not mistaken in saying that Christianity is a demanding and serious religion. When it is delivered as easy and amusing, it is another kind of religion altogether.”
Neil Postman
The Best Place to Find Things – Edward Bernays
“The best place to find things: the public library.”
Edward Bernays