“It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor. ... Some of the worst tyrannies of our day genuinely are "vowed" to the service of mankind, yet can function only by pitting neighbor against neighbor. The all-seeing eye of a totalitarian regime is usually the watchful eye of the next-door neighbor. In a Communist state love of neighbor may be classed as counter-revolutionary.” MayStatesWholeEyeHumanityNextSeeingDoorsWorstMankindEasierFunctionNeighborTyrannyRevolutionaryCommunistRegimesNext Door NeighborsTotalitarian Regimes Book:Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“Laws which can be broken without any wrong to one's neighbor are a laughing-stock; and such laws, instead of restraining the appetites and lusts of mankind, serve rather to heighten them. Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata [we always resist prohibitions, and yearn for what is denied us].” LawLaughingMankindBrokenNeighborLustAppetiteDeniedProhibitionRestraining Author:Baruch Spinoza
“China is incredibly important to the future of mankind. For me, this is something that we all need to have intelligent discussions about in America, in Britain, in Europe. We need to really understand that their destiny and our destiny, Africa's destiny, etc., are all completely tied in. The argument for getting to know your neighbors is very compelling.” KnowsNeedsImportantAmericaDestinyMankindEuropeArgumentIntelligentChinaNeighborDiscussionBritainEtcTiedCompellingOur DestinyFuture Of Mankind Author:Jamie Hewlett
“There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish.” IfsMenLoveShouldYearsDoeLawNaturalMankindDiversityHundredNeighborBreathingBrotherhoodUnity In DiversityGaitUpright Man Author:Alfred Adler