“We should...be able to see that our interest would be best served not by asking the state to promulgate our values but by forbidding the state to promulgate any values at all. If the state can espouse some value that we love, it can, with equal justice, espouse others we do not love.” IfsShouldStatesWould BeAbleValuesInterestJusticeEqualAuthorityAskingDespotismEqual Justice Author:Richard Mitchell
“A mind can be overthrown by words; that's the point. What is happening to the brain of a person who uses the passive, who writes, 'Delay should not be allowed to take place' instead of 'Hurry'? The user of the passive verb doesn't want a universe in which responsible agents do their acts. You see? Bad language ultimately is IMMORAL.” WantShouldWritingMindPersonsUseUniverseLanguageBrainHappeningsResponsibleAgentsUsersPassiveDelayImmoralVerbsBad Language Author:Richard Mitchell
“Training is a good dog, a constant companion and an utterly loyal and devoted friend, and everyone should have one. Education is a nagging counselor. And, I am convinced, everyone does have one. It happens, however, that some nagging counselors have grown strong by a certain kind of nourishment. Others are weak and puny, even infantile, having never been nourished at all.” ShouldKindDoeHappensCertainStrongDogTrainingWeakShould HaveConstantConvincedCompanionLoyalDevotedNourishmentCounselorInfantileNaggingGood Dog Author:Richard Mitchell
“If you should prefer to understand that children are those human beings who have not yet found the grasp of their own minds, then the task you have given yourself, that task of rearing a child wisely and well, is suddenly transformed from indoctrination to education, in its truest sense, and made not only possible but even likely--provided, to be sure, one little prerequisite, which is that you are not a child, that you have come into the grasp of your mind.” IfsShouldMindHumansWellsChildrenLittlesMadeFoundGivenHuman BeingsTasksTransformedTruestIndoctrinationPrerequisitesRearing A Child Author:Richard Mitchell
