Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
My links with [Mahatma] Gandhi now are very political links because I do not believe there is any other politics available to… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
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I have seen the rise and fall of Nazi tyranny, the subsequent cold war and the nuclear nightmare that for fifty years… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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“by the fact of his own election, that audacity does not appear to challenge the system of power which has brought the… — Sheldon S. Wolin Copy Share Image
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“Boom!” The thunder of a massive explosion rolled across the settlement. Maria’s sobbing came from the bedroom. Irina ran to her daughter.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Look, America is no more a democracy than Russia is a Communist state. The governments of the U.S. and Russia are practically… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
[He] seems to want it both ways: the freedom to hold and express beliefs, and immunity from criticism for those beliefs. This… — Jeffrey Shallit Copy Share Image
Ask yourself why totalitarian dictatorships find it necessary to pour money and effort into propaganda for their own helpless, chained, gagged slaves,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Pure, hard-core liberals believe in a superior race. They think they're it. They believe they're more intelligent than the general run of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The State certainly played a decisive role. I also believe that it may have stemmed from the rivalry itself. Grow or die,… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Men create their own gods and thus have some slight understanding that they are self-fabricated. Women are much more susceptible, because they… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“What the great political thinker Hannah Arendt meant by totalitarianism was not an all-powerful state, but the erasure of the difference between… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Yet optimism is in order, because day by day democracy is proving itself to be a not-at-all-fragile flower. From Stettin on the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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