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Advance of civilization1 quote
Believe it or not-and I know that most people do not-violence has declined over long stretches of time, and today we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species' existence. — Steven Pinker · 2011America1 quote
Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. — Pierre Trudeau · 1969America and Canada1 quote
Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. — Pierre Trudeau · 1969Delusion1 quote
Only the tiniest fraction of mankind want freedom.
All the rest want someone to tell them they are free. — Irving Layton · 1969Demagoguery1 quote
Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear. — Naomi Klein · 2003Nature abhors a vacuum1 quote
Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear. — Naomi Klein · 2003Politics1 quote
Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear. — Naomi Klein · 2003Populism1 quote
Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear. — Naomi Klein · 2003Progress1 quote
Believe it or not-and I know that most people do not-violence has declined over long stretches of time, and today we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species' existence. — Steven Pinker · 2011Right to privacy1 quote
There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation. — Pierre Trudeau · 1967Social progress1 quote
Believe it or not-and I know that most people do not-violence has declined over long stretches of time, and today we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species' existence. — Steven Pinker · 2011True freedom1 quote
Only the tiniest fraction of mankind want freedom.
All the rest want someone to tell them they are free. — Irving Layton · 1969