"When even the dictators of today appeal to reason, they mean that they possess the most tanks. They were rational enough to build them; others should be rational enough to yield to them."

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Source : "The Essential Frankfurt School Reader" by Max Horkheimer, (p. 28), 1982.

Max Horkheimer

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“I remember when I posed as a customs officer so that I could meet Oscar Wilde. I said to him "Have you anything to declare?" He said "I have nothing to declare but my genius." I said "I'll put that down as nothing then shall I?" For I am the wittiest man on Earth.”
“Quebec City is the most European of any city in North America; they speak French all the time. There is a part of town called Old Quebec which is really like being in France. The architecture is just gorgeous, food, shopping. I'd say Quebec City is the most beautiful city in North America I've seen.”
“Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.”
“He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.”
“If we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture, we must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.”
“One's ability to communicate a story visually, honestly, is a bridge of communication that transcends language because the true mark of a good film is that you can turn the sound off and watch it and have some understanding of what you're seeing.”

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“Eat your pinkberry and enjoy life.”
“Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.”

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