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“Only liberals really think. Only liberals are intellectual. Only liberals understand the needs of their fellows.”
“One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.”
― Selected Writings
― Selected Writings
“It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.”
― Utopia
― Utopia
“Why do you suppose they made you king in the first place?' I ask him. 'Not for your benefit, but for theirs. They meant you to devote your energies to making their lives more comfortable, and protecting them from injustice. So your job is to see that they're all right, not that you are - just as a shepherd's job, strictly speaking, is to feed his sheep, not himself.”
― Utopia
― Utopia
“Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.”
― Utopia
― Utopia
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