Amy

“events that occur at random will seem to come in clusters, because it would take a nonrandom process to space them out.”
― Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

“Educate your children, educate yourself, in the love for the freedom of others, for only in this way will your own freedom not be a gratuitous gift from fate. You will be aware of its worth and will have the courage to defend it.”
― Joaquim Nabuco

“In this way of thinking, the fact that women show a lot of skin or that men curse in public is not a sign of cultural decay. On the contrary, it's a sign that they live in a society that is so civilized that they don't have to fear being harassed or assaulted in response.”
― Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

“If humans aren’t smart enough to run their own lives, why should we believe that there are humans smart enough to run the lives of others?”
― Steven Horwitz