Community Quote by Andrzej Lobaczewski

A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils

— George Washington

“The first paradox of Illuminism, then, was that it was a network that craved an elaborate hierarchical structure, even as it inveighed against existing…

— Niall Ferguson

The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of…

— Thucydides

Now, the vicissitudes that afflict the individual have their source in society. It is this situation that has given currency to the phrase social…

— Aneurin Bevan

“an even deeper level of human consciousness. Such vicious circles can go on for centuries and even millennia, perpetuating an imagined hierarchy that sprang…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries…

— George Washington

“Our contemporaries are constantly wracked by two warring passions: they feel the need to be led and the desire to remain free. Unable to…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind, who harness old social forces…

— Mark Dice

People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity.

— John Adams

“Our ancestors had fought and murdered one another, married and forged alliances, founded countries. At their best - but only for selfish reasons -…

— Andrei Codrescu

“If there is a dark and hostile power which traitorously fixes a thread in our hearts in order that, laying hold of it and…

— E. T. A. Hoffmann

“Secret combinations lusting for power, gain, and glory are flourishing. A secret combination that seeks to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and…

— Ezra Taft Benson