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“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.”
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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
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“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin
― Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”
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“Tyranny in democratic republics does not proceed in the same way, however. It ignores the body and goes straight for the soul. The master no longer says: You will think as I do or die. He says: You are free not to think as I do. You may keep your life, your property, and everything else. But from this day forth you shall be as a stranger among us. You will retain your civic privileges, but they will be of no use to you. For if you seek the votes of your fellow citizens, they will withhold them, and if you seek only their esteem, they will feign to refuse even that. You will remain among men, but you will forfeit your rights to humanity. When you approach your fellow creatures, they will shun you as one who is impure. And even those who believe in your innocence will abandon you, lest they, too, be shunned in turn. Go in peace, I will not take your life, but the life I leave you with is worse than death.”
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Kevin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kevin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
173 books
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Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Business, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Ebooks, Erotica, History, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Self help, Spirituality, and Travel
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