Quotation of the week:
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wk 24
“If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one – if he had the power – would be justified in silencing mankind.“
John Stuart Mill (1806 – 1873)
wk 21
“[...] the certainty of a punishment, even if it be moderate, will always make a stronger impression than the fear of another which is more terrible but combined with the hope of impunity (On Crimes and Punishments)“
wk 19
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.“
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wk 18
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest“
Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790)
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wk 17 (on freedom)
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use“
Soren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855)
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it“
George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950)
“To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom“
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wk 16
“I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn’t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine“
Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970)
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wk 15
”The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them“
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Week 3. 2010. Either earthquake prediction stinks or no one listens.