Authoritarianism and secrecy breed incompetence; the two feed on each other. It's a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what… — Josh Marshall Copy Share Image
The most natural ideology is nature itself. The nature laws are unwritten, but always workable. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
When we talk about authoritarianism, we conjure up out-of-date visions from the 1930s. But we are no more likely to do authoritarian… — David Frum Copy Share Image
In any authoritarian society, the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside, he will come after you. This… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“The Council is wrong. Yet, observe that none of us will risk telling it so, for fear of the consequences.” — Mark Dunn Copy Share Image
“And I wonder, therefore, how James Atlas can have been so indulgent in his recent essay ‘The Changing World of New York… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Good design today requires more vision (a larger point of view versus the single brilliant idea), more consistency (a deeper underlying structure… — William Drenttel Copy Share Image
“The rulers of your minds indulge in proverbs, but they've forgotten the main one, that love cannot be forced, and they have… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
liberty, which means resisting all forms of cultural authoritarianism, be it from the right wing church, black ideologues, black nationalists, or mainstream… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The state exists at our expense, and we do not live at the expense of the state. For this reason we do… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“to Vaneigem and the Situationists who by shrewd use of collage and juxtaposition exposed both the poverty and richness of slogans, and… — Alexis Lykiard Copy Share Image
“Let us fool ourselves no longer. At the very moment Western nations, threw off the ancient regime of absolute government, operating under… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Person who does not feel every cell of his body and who does not find his soul in every cell of his… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Those who share the same values with you are your darlings, not those who share the same blood with you. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Your most bitter enemies are the values imposed on you without your choice. Those idols have taken away your freedom from you;… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“Embedded in their psyche was the story of what had happened to the world, and the boys felt glorious to be on… — Pernell Plath Meier Copy Share Image
Everyone has right not to recognize the sovereignty of the state and thus he has right to avoid the taxes. Human freedom… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
People can be divided into two parts: those who leave cultural heritage after themselves and those who do not leave. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When political leaders set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become more important. It is hard to subvert a rule-of-law… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
There cannot be such thing as a hate crime against radicalism. Because radicalism itself is a hate crime. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Equality assertion of all cultures is disrespectful against human achievements. It is absurdity that the philosophy which got tangled at the level… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
The distinction between pseudo-intellectual and intellectual consists in the lack of bases of pseudo-intellectuals theses, presence of dogma and authority, and pseudo-intellectuals… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“Another person's thoughts about you are outside of your jurisdiction; you have no authority.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image