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"People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent."
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"If a moneyed man had a "corny mind, a flatterer would immediately start chasing him like a hungry hen!"
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"A government which is not liked by the artists is certainly a bad government, because artist sees very well what is behind the masks!"
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"Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other."
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"An honest government is the childish dream of the gullible men!"
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"Our spiritual history is the history of God-ventriloquists! The truth is that the voice of God is the voice of cunning Man, the ventriloquist's voice!"
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"Most of the time it is a good job and a good honour to fight against people's values, because most of the time people's values are irrational and absurd!"
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"A country where women are not free has no chance ever to be something good and respectable!"
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"Governments stand because people sit; if people stand, governments will sit!"
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"It is better to go near the truth and be imprisoned than to stay with the wrong and roam about freely, master Galilei. In fact, getting attached to falsity is terrible slavery, and real freedom is only next to the right."
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"For breakfast to be called 'in bed' instead of 'on top of a bed,' the house in which it is about to be eaten has to have at least two rooms (excluding the kitchen); (at least) three, if it has a bathroom."
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"My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society."
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"In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned."
Fear
"This scepticism is the same scepticism I heard a generation ago in the USSR when few thought that a democratic transformation behind the iron curtain was possible."
Thought
"Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on popular support, are held accountable for failing to improve the lives of their citizens. Therefore, they have a powerful incentive to keep their societies peaceful and prosperous."
Power
"Believe me, the drug of freedom is universally potent."
Freedom
"Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected."
Politics
"I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world."
Change
"The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy."
Friendship
"Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace."
Nature
"People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent."
Society
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