“The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding.”
― The Lessons of History
― The Lessons of History
“Adolescence is such a fun time in your life, because you think you know it all, and you haven’t gotten to the point where you realize that you know almost nothing.”
― Scar Tissue
― Scar Tissue
“If race or class war divides us into hostile camps, changing political argument into blind hate, one side or the other may overturn the hustings with the rule of the sword. If our economy of freedom fails to distribute wealth as ably as it has created it, the road to dictatorship will be open to any man who can persuasively promise security to all; and a martial government, under whatever charming phrases, will engulf the democratic world.”
― The Lessons of History
― The Lessons of History
“There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail”
― My Life And Work
― My Life And Work
“The fear of capitalism has compelled socialism to widen freedom, and the fear of socialism has compelled capitalism to increase equality. East is West and West is East, and soon the twain will meet.”
― The Lessons of History
― The Lessons of History
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