“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn’t fit in with the core belief.”
Frantz Fanon
“A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
“We didn’t want this war.
The enemy is responsible for this war.
The enemy’s leader is the devil.
We’re fighting for a good cause.
The enemy is using forbidden weapons.
Horrible acts committed by the enemy are intentional; ours are accidental.
Our casualties are minor; those of the enemy are significant.
Artists and intellectuals support our cause.
Our cause is holy/righteous.
If you question (1)-(9), you are a traitor.”
Baron Arthur Ponsonby
“Insanity is a rare thing in individuals, but the rule in groups, parties, peoples and times.”
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
Voltaire
“How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?”
Charles Bukowski
“The most stubborn supporters of slavery were not the slave owners, but the privileged slaves.”
Gabriel Laub
“Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?. Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.The hankering of the mind is irresistible.”
Adam Weishaupt
“Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to be right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns. Why should any man be allowed to buy a printing press and disseminate pernicious opinions calculated to embarrass the government?”
Vladimir Lenin
“All political entities are violent entities. But the type and degree of the use or threat of external violence against other similar entities plays a specific role in the structure and fate of political communities. Not every political entity is equally “expansive” in the sense that it seeks power externally, i.e., making force available for the purpose of acquiring political power over other territories and communities, whether in the form of incorporation or [of] dependency. The political entities are thus, to varying degrees, outwardly turned entities of violence.”
Max Weber