Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies, utopian images, can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth…

Quote by Dennis Prager

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If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is...

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is...

Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should...

Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should...

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you...

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you...

There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of...

There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of...

The larger the state, the more callous it becomes... the colder its heart. It is...

The larger the state, the more callous it becomes... the colder its heart. It is...

Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful...

Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.

There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.

In much of the West, the well educated have been taught to believe that they...

In much of the West, the well educated have been taught to believe that they...

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

I have been with many men approaching death; and not one has ever said, ï¿½I...

I have been with many men approaching death; and not one has ever said, ï¿½I...

Socialism values equality more than liberty.

Socialism values equality more than liberty.

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

When you are guaranteed you will win, you can take very inflammatory, very extreme positions....

When you are guaranteed you will win, you can take very inflammatory, very extreme positions....

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income,...

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income,...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's...

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built.

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I...

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I...

A liberal is a conservative whose conscience is on display

A liberal is a conservative whose conscience is on display