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Given the complexity of interpersonal relationships and institutions and the complexity of co-ordination of the actions of many people, it is enormously…
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Philosophical argument, trying to get someone to believe something whether he wants to believe it or not, is not, I have held,…
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And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give up some…
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There is room for words on subjects other than last words.
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Only the refusal to listen guarantees one against being ensnared by the truth.
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Marxian exploitation is the exploitation of people's lack of understanding of economics.
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What else can matter to us, other than how our lives feel from the inside?
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The socialist society would have to forbid capitalist acts between consenting adults.
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The terminology of philosophical art is coercive: arguments are powerful and best when they are knockdown, arguments force you to a conclusion,…
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What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how severely something has been tested in the…
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It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also the case, I guess, that my temperament…
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Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights). So strong and…
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There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what…
— George Orwell
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Philosophical argument, trying to get someone to believe something whether he wants to believe it or not, is not, I have held,…
— Robert Nozick
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Religion is run by thought police. 'Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don't ask questions. Go die for your country.' The…
— Tommy Chong
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It was with the last revolution and the coming of INGSOC (Inglish/English Socialism) that the latest High learnt how to keep their…
— George Orwell
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While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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The Thought Police: To censor and protect.
— Craig Reucassel
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I think that when we start thought-policing people and idea-policing people, then that's crossing a line. And I think, you know, everybody's…
— Ashton Kutcher
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We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by…
— David Mamet
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We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust…
— George Orwell
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