“If I advance new views in Philosophy or Theology, I cannot expect to have many adherents among minds altogether unprepared for such views; yet it is certain that even those who most fiercely oppose me will recognize the power of my voice if it is not a mere echo; and the very novelty will challenge attention, and at last gain adherents if my views have any real insight.” IfsMindRealPhilosophyLastsCertainVoiceChallengesViewsAttentionGainsMereInsightTheologyEchoesNoveltyUnprepared Author:George Henry Lewes
“Whatever open-border libertarians think about immigration law, once the immigration scofflaw steals, trespasses, or vandalizes private property, said alien is guilty of crimes. To say, moreover, that the state's laws made masses of men and women commit such crimes is to voice the philosophy of determinism, not individualism.” ThinkingMenMadeSaidStatesPhilosophyLawVoiceCrimeMassMen And WomenPropertyLibertarianStealingImmigrationCommitGuiltyAliensBordersIndividualismPrivate PropertyDeterminismImmigration Laws Author:Ilana Mercer
“My father decided that he was such a admirer of Ibn Rushd's philosophy, thinking that he changed the family name to Rushdie. I realized why my father was so interested in him, because he was really an incredibly modernizing voice inside our Islamic culture.” ThinkingPhilosophyCultureFatherNamesVoiceChangedDecidedI RealizedIslamicAdmirerFamily NameRushdieIslamic Culture Author:Salman Rushdie
“I don't believe in the art-for-art's-sake philosophy. With the raw material before me and the gifts within me, I did my best to celebrate the voices and intelligence and sweetness and dreams of the children in spite of their chaotic, outer worlds.” WorldBelieveChildrenArtPhilosophyDreamVoiceMaterialsDon't BelieveSakeCelebrateSpiteSweetnessChaoticRaw MaterialsOuter Worlds Author:Uwem Akpan
“My philosophy about journalism is simple - that we have a job to hold those in power accountable, to give voice to the voiceless, and to provide people with information that they can use to make informed decisions about what policies they want enacted in their name and what policies they don't.” PeopleWantGivingPhilosophyUseJobsNamesVoiceSimpleDecisionInformationPolicyJournalismVoiceless Author:Jeremy Scahill