“Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,-- Comes of the purple he from childhood wears, Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.” IfsMenStillsWould BeChanceTeachingChildhoodSlaveIllTyrannyTyrantsExcessWickednessPurpleDespots Book:Poems. The history of a crime Source: Poems. The history of a crime
“One is not quite certain that creativeness in the arts, literature, and science functions best in an environment of absolute freedom. Chances are that a relatively mild tyranny stimulates creativeness.” ArtCertainLiteratureChanceEnvironmentFunctionAbsolutesTyrannyChances AreCreativenessAbsolute Freedom Author:Eric Hoffer
“How far does one combine resistance to over-control with social justice, i.e. tolerable living for people in general? We are too selfish to be trusted, if left free, to give away enough to make people comfortable enough to give them a chance. Yet if all this is ordered for us, as to some extent it has to be, it so soon leads to tyranny. It is a very difficult problem. If only human beings had more pity, unselfishness, and justice and didn't need coercion to treat each other decently.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingHumansDoeEnoughProblemLeftSocialDifficultJusticeChanceHuman BeingsCompassionComfortableTreatsSocial JusticeSelfishTyrannyResistancePityTrustedCoercionTolerableUnselfishnessDifficult Problems Author:Rose Macaulay
“All whom war, dearth, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance, hath slain.” WarSoulAgeLawChanceDespairTyranny Author:John Donne