“Who will argue that 98.6 Farenheit is the right temperature for man? As for me, I decline to do it. It may be that we are all actually freezing hence the pervading stupidity of mankind. At 110 or 115 degrees even archbishops might be intelligent.” MenMayMightBeliefMankindDegreesIntelligentStupidityArguingDeclineSuperstitionsTemperatureFreezing Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“I decline Christianity because it is Jewish, because it is international, and because, in cowardly fashion, it preaches Peace on Earth.” EarthBeliefChristianityFashionInternationalDeclineSuperstitionsPeace On EarthCowardly Author:Erich Ludendorff
“When an idea is just rising on the horizon, the soul's temperature with respect to it is usually very cold. Only gradually does the idea develop its warmth, and it is hottest (which is to say, exerting its greatest influence) when belief in the idea is already once again in decline.” DoeIdeasSoulBeliefInfluenceColdRisingHorizonWarmthDeclineTemperatureHottest Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Conservatives believe government's principal functions are the preservation of freedom and removal of restraints on the individual. Liberalism's ascent in the first two-thirds of this century reflected the new belief that government should also confer capacities on individuals. Liberalism's decline in the final third of this century has reflected doubts about whether government can be good at that, or whether government that is good at that is good for the nation's character.” ShouldFirstsBelieveTwoCharacterGovernmentIndividualBeliefNationsDoubtCenturyCapacityThirdsFunctionFinalsBe GoodLiberalismDeclinePrincipalRestraintPreservationRemovalAscent Author:George Will
“I've never understood the need people have to dictate morality to other people. I really don't know what it is. I don't know if it's fear or the belief that they know the only right way. Or maybe they see a lot of social ills and social decline, and they really think they have the elixir for it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayNeedsBeliefSocialMoralityUnderstoodDeclineRight WayElixir Author:Stephen Chbosky