Racism is not dead, but it is on life support—kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as ‘racists’.
There has never been a shortage of people eager to draw up blueprints for running other people’s lives.
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There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.
Nobody is equal to anybody. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.
Reality doesn't go away when it is ignored.
One of the most pathetic—and dangerous—signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.
You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.
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All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.
This is the thing that I was born to do.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the trifling lies told by individuals?
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of everything else to which he is justly entitled.
The purpose of Propaganda is to make one set of people forget that other sets of people are human.
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really man it.