"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."

-- Benjamin Franklin

#Leadership Quotes #Patriotic Quotes #Independent Quotes

“History is the only science enjoying the ambiguous fortune of being required to be at the same time an art.”

Source : Johann Gustav Droysen (1893). “Outline of the Principles of History”
“It's just that it's impossible to be a broken or whole person. You can only be a person. You can only exist, you can only belong to yourself, and you can only be responsible for your own happiness or belonging or whatever. That broken-part-piece-whole thing is just a trick of the mortal mind.”
“We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.”
“The sense of paralysis proceeds not so much out of the mammoth size of the problem but out of the puniness of the purpose.”
“We need to stop, and admit it: we have a prediction problem. We love to predict thingsâ€”and we arenâ€™t very good at it.”

Source : Nate Silver (2012). “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't”, p.19, Penguin
“Secrecy begets tyranny.”
“The incarnation was not initially imposed on the spirits as a punishment. It is rather necessary for the spirits' improvement and for the fulfillment of God's works. Everyone has to submit to it, no matter if one takes the evil or the good path. Only those who take the good path will improve quickly, they do not delay to arrive at the end in less painful conditions.”
“travel is a private pleasure, since it consists entirely of things felt and things seen ...”

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