"It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained; . . . the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no doubt, be recognized as a Person; but he or she has not attained the truth of this recognition as an independent self-consciousness."

-- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

#Independent Quotes #Self Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“Choose your allies carefully: it's highly unlikely that you'll ever be held morally, legally, or historically accountable for the actions of your enemies.”
“Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory.”
“It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.”

Source : Joseph de Maistre (2017). “The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment”, p.128, Routledge
“It is the enemy whom we do not suspect who is the most dangerous.”
“We're going to be focusing our science on things that will take us farther and longer into space. For many of those experiments, the crew members are human guinea pigs, which is fine; that's part of my job. I don't mind being a human guinea pig.”
“The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.”
“The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not of course, give them the feelings and manners of gentle folks.”
“There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.”

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