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“Whom do I hate most among the rabble of today? The socialist rabble, the chandala apostles, who undermine the instinct, the pleasure, the worker's sense of satisfaction with his small existence-who make him envious, who teach him revenge. The source of wrong is never unequal rights but the claim of "equal" rights.”

Today Hate Pleasure Existence Teach Rights Source Equal I Hate Claims Instinct Workers Satisfaction Revenge Socialist Equal Rights Apostles Envious

Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“Unlawful pleasure, trenching on another's rights, is delusive and envenomed pleasureits hollowness disappoints at the time, its poison cruelly tortures afterwards, its effects deprave forever.”

Pleasure Forever Rights Effects Torture Poison Disappoint Unlawful Hollowness

Author:Charlotte Bronte

“Once the state is looked upon as the source of rights, rather than their bound protector, freedom becomes conditional on the pleasure of the state.”

States Pleasure Rights Source Bounds Protector Conditional

Book:On the contrary

Source: On the contrary

“Men must be ready, they must pride themselves and be happy to sacrifice their private pleasures, passions and interests, nay, their private friendships and dearest connections, when they stand in competition with the rights of society.”

Men Passion Interest Pleasure Rights Sacrifice Ready Pride Connections Competition

Book:Warren-Adams Letters: Being Chiefly a Correspondence Among John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren ... 1743-1814

Source: Warren-Adams Letters: Being Chiefly a Correspondence Among John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren ... 1743-1814

“If a person wants to be of any use to himself, he better insist on getting his fair share of beauty and pleasure, and if there's something about the system that's keeping him from getting his share, then I think he's well within his rights to fight to change that.”

Ifs Thinking Want Wells Persons Use Fighting Pleasure Rights Share Fairs Fair Share

Author:Ben Fountain