“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 for him- or herself. Some examples: we have a police force so we don’t need to… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“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 for him- or herself. Some examples: we have a police force so we don’t need to have vigilante mobs. We have a post office so we don’t need to deliver our own mail across the entire… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“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 not know it. Only the homeless are free, and for their freedom we sentence them to death. To refuse compulsion is to earn death, suffering, and calumny. It is not to refuse work—the homeless work very… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“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 men and women to live and breathe freely. Freely, do you hear me? This is not oppression. Stop saying that black is white and night is day. Freedom is not slavery! So stop with the Orwellian… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“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 activity most needed. I do what I can to force thought along, and I am hated and worse—ignored—for it. That's ultimately acceptable to me, because the work needs to be performed; I can perform it; and… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“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
