“We would all like to see a perfect moral state with no government being necessary at all. That is not reality. To the extent government is necessary, it is desirable, to keep us from each other’s throats, to keep the… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
“I think the purpose of government is for a population to accomplish its mutually agreed-upon goals without every citizen having to accomplish those goals… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
“Work or die’—this is the essence of slavery, of compulsion. And yet this is our world. Most of our world is enslaved but does… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
“If you make others think, you will be feared. If you disagree with them, you will be disliked. If you condemn them, they will… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
“To be a liberal is to care about more than one’s own belly or roof. It is to care about the rights of all… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
“I support the right of the individual, the right of the most individuals to get what they want. That is all majority rule is:… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
“I provoke thought, because that is what needs provoking. Humanity seems to hate thinking more than any other activity, and yet that is the… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
“And of course the World needs more love, but we need to be clear on what form that love will take. Sometimes love requires… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
“Persons like you say, ‘I’m an individual, therefore I oppose any power over me.’ That right there does not follow. How about ‘I’m an… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
“The truth! Since when have the majority on Earth cared about the truth?” — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
