“If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve them.”

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“The real action is in the enemy's reaction.”

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“It is a sad fact of life that power and fear are the fountainheads of faith.”

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“Mendoza said to Tanner, ‘I am a brigand; I live by robbing the rich.’ Tanner replied, ‘I am a gentleman; I live by robbing the poor. Shake hands.’”

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“To the questioner, nothing is sacred, he detests dogma, defies any finite definition of morality, rebels against any repression of a free, open search of ideas no matter where they may lead.”

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“Who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins - or which is which?”

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“Curiosity and irreverence go together, cannot exist without each other.”

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“See the world as it is: an arena of power politics moved primarily by perceived immediate self-interests, where morality is rhetorical rationale for expedient action and self-interest.”

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“It is a world not of angels but of angles, where men speak of moral principles but act on power principles; a world where we are always moral and our enemies always immoral”

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“Revolutions do not go backward [but] a revolution without a prior reformation would collapse or become a totalitarian tyranny.”

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“Some say it’s no coincidence that the question mark is an inverted plow, breaking up the hard soil of old beliefs and preparing for the new growth.”

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“The human spirit glows from that small inner light of doubt [about] whether we are right”

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“those who believe with certainty that they possess the right are dark inside and darken the world outside with cruelty, pain, and injustice.”

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“They give up the dream of what may lie ahead on the heights of tomorrow for a perpetual nightmare - an endless succession of days fearing the loss of a tenuous security.”

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“In this world laws are written for the lofty aim of ‘the common good’ and then acted out in life on the basis of the common greed.”

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“We are living in a world of mass media which daily exposes society’s innate hypocrisy, its contradictions and the apparent failure of almost every facet of our social and political life.”

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“People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others.”

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“Just because this has always been this way, doesn't mean that it is the best or right way of life, the best or right religion, political or economic value, morality”

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“Humor is essential to a successful tactician, for the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule.”

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“A sense of humor is incompatible with the complete acceptance of any dogma, any religious, political, or economic prescription for salvation. It synthesizes with curiosity, irreverence, and imagination.”

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“A sense of humor enables [successful tacticians] to maintain their perspective and see themselves for what they really are: a bit of dust that burns for a fleeting second.”

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“The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.”

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