Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.

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Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.

Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.

Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is...

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is...

Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences...

Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences...

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an...

Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an...

To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.

Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and...

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and...

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and...

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and...

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer...

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer...

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and...

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and...

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery...

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery...

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of...

I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and...

In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and...

Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.

Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.