The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
H. L. Mencken
Tag: Quote of the Day
31MAR2019 – Quote of the Day
For all the casual slurs about ‘cultural imperialism’, British imperialists were more interested in other cultures than anybody before or since, and, if they hadn’t dug it up and taken care of it, we’d know hardly anything about the ancient world. What’s important about a nation’s past is not what it keeps walled up in the museum but what it keeps outside, living and breathing as every citizen’s inheritance.
Mark Steyn
20MAR2019 – Quote of the Day
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
H. L. Mencken
19MAR2019 – Quote of the Day
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
H. L. Mencken
18MAR2019 – Quote of the Day
“The war of ideas is a Greek invention. It is one of the most important inventions ever made. Indeed, the possibility of fighting with with words and ideas instead of fighting with swords is the very basis of our civilization, and especially of all its legal and parliamentary institutions.”
Karl Popper
17MAR2019 – Quote of the Day
“It is complete nihilism to propose laying down arms in a world where atom bombs are around. It is very simple: there is no way of achieving peace other than with weapons.”
Karl Popper
16MAR2019 – Quote of the Day
“You cannot have a rational discussion with a man who prefers shooting you to being convinced by you.”
Karl Popper
15MAR2019 – Quote of the Day
“Optimism is a duty. The future is open. It is not predetermined. No one can predict it, except by chance. We all contribute to determining it by what we do. We are all equally responsible for its success.”
Karl Popper
14MAR2019 – Quote of the Day
“All life is problem solving.”
Karl Popper
13MAR2019 – Quote of the Day
“If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.”
Karl Popper