"A tyranny based on ... deception and..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
A tyranny based on ... deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself.
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More on Tyranny
“A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.”
“The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.”
“Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods. It would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to tax) but "to bind us in all cases whatsoever," and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impious, for so unlimited a power can belong only to God.”
More on Justice
“In its pursuit of justice for a segment of society, in disregard of the consequences for society as a whole, what is called 'social justice' might more accurately be called anti-social justice, since what consistently gets ignored or dismissed are precisely the costs to society. Such a conception of justice seeks to correct, not only biased or discriminatory acts by individuals or by social institutions, but unmerited disadvantages in general, from whatever source they may arise.”
“Pardon is granted to necessity.”
“Must we kill to prevent there being any wicked? This is to make both parties wicked instead of one.”