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“If man is not to do more harm than good in his efforts to improve the social order, he will have to learn that he cannot acquire the full knowledge which would make mastery of the events possible.”
― The Pretence of Knowledge
― The Pretence of Knowledge
“Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.”
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“What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.”
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“Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.”
― Democracy in America
― Democracy in America
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
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Underground Knowledge — A discussion group
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