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“Although I played a lot of computer games in my 20s, now I have children of my own I hate them with a passion.”

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Tom Hodgkinson is a British writer born in 1968. He is known for his unique sense of humor and critical thinking about modern life. Hodgkinson's works cover a variety of topics, including personal growth, social commentary, and lifestyle. more

“The whole life of Demosthenes... leaves the impression of a melancholy state of things, and of the brazen insolence of wickedness. A particularly striking idea of how things really were in Greece can be obtained from one feature of life - the sons who turned out badly.... the sons of gifted but arrogant fathers turned out merely arrogant, the grandsons hopeless; it is respect alone that sustains families and gives them traditions.”

Giving Ideas States Whole Father Son Tradition Whole Life Impression Features Hopeless Melancholy Arrogant Gifted Wickedness Greece Brazen Grandson Insolence

Author:Jacob Burckhardt

“Religion and natural science are fighting a joint battle in an incessant, never-relaxing crusade against skepticism and dogmatism, against disbelief and against superstition, and the rallying cry in this crusade has always been, and will always be, 'On to God.'”

Fighting Natural Cry Battle Superstitions Skepticism Joints Disbelief Crusades Natural Science Incessant Dogmatism Rallying Rallying Cry

Author:Max Planck

“All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil.”

States Evil Subjects Citizens Conclusion Bias

Book:On Liberty

Source: On Liberty

“Thou shalt not offend against the notions of thy neighbor.”

Notion Neighbor

Book:These Restless Heads

Source: These Restless Heads

“Maxims in times of danger are useless, experience is incommunicable. The knotted strands of life, desire, assumptions, and moral codes cannot be unsnarled; they can only be cut, which is what happens when an air raid occurs, with a silencing fortissimo like the finale of a Beethoven symphony.”

Happens Desire Moral Cutting Air Danger Useless Code Assumption Maxims Symphony Strands Moral Code Finale Silencing

Author:Jacques Barzun

“The moment that the state came into conflict with the higher power, the moment that it set itself up as an end in itself, it became identified with Augustine's earthly city and lost all claims to a higher sanction than the law of force and self-interest. Without justice, what is a great kingdom but a great robbery, magnum latrocinium?”

Source: The Making of Europe: An Introduction to the History of European Unity

“We must recognize that we are living in an imperfect world in which human and superhuman forces of evil are at work and so long as those forces affect the political behaviour of mankind there can be no hope of abiding peace.”

World Humans Long Political Evil Force Mankind Imperfect Behaviour Abiding No Hope Superhuman A Perfect World Imperfect World

Author:Christopher Dawson

“We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.”

Government Conscience Organization

Book:An Anthology

Source: An Anthology

“The language of these Soviet show trials... could only be understood in the Aesopian imagery of the closed Bolshevik universe of conspiracies of evil against good in which 'terrorism' simply signified 'any doubt about the policies or character of Stalin.' All his political opponents were per se assassins. More than two 'terrorists' was a 'conspiracy'.”

“Remember the 'Parable of the Talents' in the New Testament? Christ exhorts us to be the best we can be by developing our skills and abilities, by succeeding in all our tasks and endeavors. What better description can there be of capitalism?”

Remember Christ Ability Talent Succeed Skills Capitalism Tasks Developing Being The Best Description Endeavor Testament New Testament Parables Skills And Abilities

Author:Margaret Thatcher

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