Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of superior ability desire freedom, and in the end superior ability has its way

Quote by Will Durant

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As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...