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> [You can padlock a building, but you can't padlock an idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/you-can-padlock-a-building-but-you-can-t-padlock-an-idea/)

[Myles Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myles-horton/)

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## More by Myles Horton

> [I think if I had to put a finger on what I consider a good education, a good radical education, it wouldn't be anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/i-think-if-i-had-to-put-a-finger-on-what-i-consider-a-good-education/)

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> [Any decent society has to be built on trust and love and the intelligent use of information and feelings. Education involves being able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/any-decent-society-has-to-be-built-on-trust-and-love-and-the/)

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> [“Now I've been criticized for advocating that people push their boundaries because sometimes people get caught. Sometimes people get fired. Sometimes people lose their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/now-i-ve-been-criticized-for-advocating-that-people-push-their/)

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> [“Now I have very little respect for the electoral system in the United States. I could have respected it in the early days, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/now-i-have-very-little-respect-for-the-electoral-system-in-the-united/)

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> [I feel that all knowledge should be in the free-trade zone. Your knowledge, my knowledge, everybody's knowledge should be made use of. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/i-feel-that-all-knowledge-should-be-in-the-free-trade-zone-your/)

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> [I’m much better at working out ideas in action than I am in theorizing about it and then transferring my thinking to action. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/i-m-much-better-at-working-out-ideas-in-action-than-i-am-in/)

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> [“There's no science that can't be used for good or for evil. Science could be used by whoever has the power to use it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/there-s-no-science-that-can-t-be-used-for-good-or-for-evil-science/)

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> [Instead of thinking that you put pieces together that will add up to a whole, I think you have to start with the premise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/instead-of-thinking-that-you-put-pieces-together-that-will-add-up-to/)

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> [If you only try to do the things where you win, then you'll never try to do anything worth doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/if-you-only-try-to-do-the-things-where-you-win-then-you-ll-never-try/)

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> [“I don't know what to do, and if I did know what to do I wouldn't tell you, because if I had to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/i-don-t-know-what-to-do-and-if-i-did-know-what-to-do-i-wouldn-t-tell/)

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> [I also knew that if people have a position on something and you try to argue them into changing it, you’re going to strengthen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/i-also-knew-that-if-people-have-a-position-on-something-and-you-try/)

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> [When people criticize me for not having any respect for existing structures and institutions, I protest. I say I give institutions and structures and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/when-people-criticize-me-for-not-having-any-respect-for-existing/)

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> [“No one is charismatic. Someone becomes charismatic in history, socially. The question for me is once again the problem of humility. If the leader…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/no-one-is-charismatic-someone-becomes-charismatic-in-history-socially/)

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> [“The critic said, but don't you feel awkward about biting the hand that feeds you? I said no, I enjoy just gnawing it up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/the-critic-said-but-don-t-you-feel-awkward-about-biting-the-hand-that/)

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> [You can't be a revolutionary, you can't want to change society if you don't love people, there's no point in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-horton/you-can-t-be-a-revolutionary-you-can-t-want-to-change-society-if-you/)

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