"The only justifiable purpose of political institutions..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
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“I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking”
“I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.”
“It is my conviction that pure mathematical construction enables us to discover the concepts and the laws connecting them, which gives us the key to the understanding of nature ... In a certain sense, therefore, I hold it true that pure thought can grasp reality, as the ancients dreamed.”
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“I'm not worried about the country's long-term future. This country is insanely great. What I'm worried about is that we don't talk enough about solutions.”
“Every war, when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.”
“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
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“The creation of a more peaceful and happier society has to begin from the level of the individual, and from there it can expand to one's family, to one's neighborhood, to one's community and so on.”
“What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of the individuals.”
“Cowardice in a race, as in an individual, is the unpardonable sin.”