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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

The most important factor in getting the right spirit in my Administration, next to the insistence upon courage, honesty, and a genuine democracy of desire to serve the plain people, was my insistence upon the theory that the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions and prohibitions appearing in the Constitution or imposed by the Congress under its Constitutional powers. My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin. I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the Nation could not be done by the President unless he could find some specific authorization to do it. My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the Nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws. Under this interpretation of executive power I did and caused to be done many things not previously done by the President and the heads of the departments. I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power. In other words, I acted for the public welfare, I acted for the common well-being of all our people, whenever and in whatever manner was necessary, unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 10 "The Presidency" (1913)

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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

The most important factor in getting the right spirit in my Administration, next to the insistence upon courage, honesty, and a genuine democracy of desire to serve the plain people, was my insistence upon the theory that the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions and prohibitions appearing in the Constitution or imposed by the Congress under its Constitutional powers. My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin. I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the Nation could not be done by the President unless he could find some specific authorization to do it. My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the Nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws. Under this interpretation of executive power I did and caused to be done many things not previously done by the President and the heads of the departments. I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power. In other words, I acted for the public welfare, I acted for the common well-being of all our people, whenever and in whatever manner was necessary, unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 10 "The Presidency" (1913)

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #authority #Constitution #executivepower #government #legaltheory #limitsofpower #power #presidency #president

A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

The most important factor in getting the right spirit in my Administration, next to the insistence upon courage, honesty, and a genuine democracy of desire to serve the plain people, was my insistence upon the theory that the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions and prohibitions appearing in the Constitution or imposed by the Congress under its Constitutional powers. My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin. I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the Nation could not be done by the President unless he could find some specific authorization to do it. My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the Nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws. Under this interpretation of executive power I did and caused to be done many things not previously done by the President and the heads of the departments. I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power. In other words, I acted for the public welfare, I acted for the common well-being of all our people, whenever and in whatever manner was necessary, unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 10 "The Presidency" (1913)

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #authority #Constitution #executivepower #government #legaltheory #limitsofpower #power #presidency #president

A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

The most important factor in getting the right spirit in my Administration, next to the insistence upon courage, honesty, and a genuine democracy of desire to serve the plain people, was my insistence upon the theory that the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions and prohibitions appearing in the Constitution or imposed by the Congress under its Constitutional powers. My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin. I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the Nation could not be done by the President unless he could find some specific authorization to do it. My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the Nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws. Under this interpretation of executive power I did and caused to be done many things not previously done by the President and the heads of the departments. I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power. In other words, I acted for the public welfare, I acted for the common well-being of all our people, whenever and in whatever manner was necessary, unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 10 "The Presidency" (1913)

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #authority #Constitution #executivepower #government #legaltheory #limitsofpower #power #presidency #president

A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

The most important factor in getting the right spirit in my Administration, next to the insistence upon courage, honesty, and a genuine democracy of desire to serve the plain people, was my insistence upon the theory that the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions and prohibitions appearing in the Constitution or imposed by the Congress under its Constitutional powers. My view was that every executive officer, and above all every executive officer in high position, was a steward of the people bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people, and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin. I declined to adopt the view that what was imperatively necessary for the Nation could not be done by the President unless he could find some specific authorization to do it. My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the Nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws. Under this interpretation of executive power I did and caused to be done many things not previously done by the President and the heads of the departments. I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power. In other words, I acted for the public welfare, I acted for the common well-being of all our people, whenever and in whatever manner was necessary, unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 10 "The Presidency" (1913)

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…

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France allows asymptomatic passengers off new cruise ship struck by stomach bug outbreak

BORDEAUX — Passengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship have been allowed off the ship in…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #alert #AmbassadorCruiseLine #asymptomaticpassenger #authority #Belfast #Bordeaux #Diseasecontrol #newcruiseship #noroviru #northernspain #operator #outbreak #stomachbugoutbreak #vessel
https://www.europesays.com/france/14798/

Government reviews access to face to face banking services | HM Treasury

An independent review will look at how shifts in face-to-face banking services affect people and communities, with new…
#UnitedKingdom #UK #Europe #EU ##banking #access #authority #bill #Building #Cash #chair #Chief #credit #Executive #FCA #financial #Government #GreatBritain #king #Lloyd #review #richard #speech #treasury
https://www.europesays.com/2989392/

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=28067583

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#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=28067583

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#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=28067583

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#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=28067583

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#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=28067583

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#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=28067583

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#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=28067583

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#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=28067583

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#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=28067583

<>

#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/nd659611d6b0b

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#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/nd659611d6b0b

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#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/nd659611d6b0b

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#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

真のつるぎ　Справжній меч
まことの夜明けを呼ぶために
Небажана клітка героя.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/nd659611d6b0b

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#ＡＩ生成 #closely #hear #word #speak #golden #throne #crown #well #brazen #fiction #devised #foundation #filthy #scheme #wicked #brats #own #exist #hoisted #their #idol #called #hero #name #heart #vile #crime #adorn #authority

https://www.europesays.com/videos/25616/ CHAOS: Unions REFUSE to back Keir Starmer as number of Labour MPs calling for PM to go GROWS #Analysis #Authority #BreakingNews #DowningStreet #GBNews #GBNewsLive #GBN #KeirStarmer #news #NewsUpdate #Number10 #politics #PrimeMinister #Reports #SNP #uk #Unions #WorldNews

creates semantic nodes and clusters #LESSER #BILBY www.perplexity.ai/search/new?q... #ERIE #METROPOLITAN #TRANSIT #AUTHORITY semantic-search.allgraph.ro/advanced-sea... Do you like aéPiot semantics? Donate to the aéPiot semantic platform: www.paypal.com/donate?busin...

Perplexity

creates semantic nodes and clusters #LESSER #BILBY www.perplexity.ai/search/new?q... #ERIE #METROPOLITAN #TRANSIT #AUTHORITY semantic-search.allgraph.ro/advanced-sea... Do you like aéPiot semantics? Donate to the aéPiot semantic platform: www.paypal.com/donate?busin...

Perplexity

https://www.europesays.com/videos/24174/ Keir Starmer to be ‘DRAGGED’ out of Downing Street with fingertips GRIPPED around Number 10 door #Analysis #Authority #BreakingNews #DowningStreet #GBNews #GBNewsLive #GBN #KeirStarmer #LocalElections #news #NewsUpdate #Number10 #PM #politics #Premiership #PrimeMinister #Reports #uk #WorldNews

Christian Schmidt (CSU) has announced his resignation as the High Representative of the community of states in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to reporting by... https://news.osna.fm/?p=45301 | #news #amid #authority #calls #end

Christian Schmidt (CSU) has announced his resignation as the High Representative of the community of states in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to reporting by... https://news.osna.fm/?p=45301 | #news #amid #authority #calls #end

Christian Schmidt (CSU) has announced his resignation as the High Representative of the community of states in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to reporting by... https://news.osna.fm/?p=45301 | #news #amid #authority #calls #end

Christian Schmidt (CSU) has announced his resignation as the High Representative of the community of states in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to reporting by... https://news.osna.fm/?p=45301 | #news #amid #authority #calls #end

California teen dies after losing control of electric motorcycle https://www.allforgardening.com/1759701/california-teen-dies-after-losing-control-of-electric-motorcycle/ #Area #authority #CaliforniaTeen #control #crash #death #DirtBike #EMotorcycle #ElectricMotorcycle #garden #GardenGrove #InvoluntaryManslaughterLastWeek #MagnoliaStreet #mph #PoliceDepartment #roadway

California teen dies after losing control of electric motorcycle https://www.allforgardening.com/1759701/california-teen-dies-after-losing-control-of-electric-motorcycle/ #Area #authority #CaliforniaTeen #control #crash #death #DirtBike #EMotorcycle #ElectricMotorcycle #garden #GardenGrove #InvoluntaryManslaughterLastWeek #MagnoliaStreet #mph #PoliceDepartment #roadway

Deadly crash blocks eastbound traffic on Veterans Boulevard in Port Charlotte

Port Charlotte man dies in crash on Veterans Boulevard A 56…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #BreakingNews #alert #authority #blocks #deadlycrash #eastboundtraffic #Entertainment #fatality #FloridaHighwayPatrol #fridaynight #gulfcoastnews #Headlines #latenews #midnight #portcharlotte #sport #Topstories #TopStories #VeteransBoulevard #weather #wylamdrive
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/632908/

Deadly crash blocks eastbound traffic on Veterans Boulevard in Port Charlotte

Port Charlotte man dies in crash on Veterans Boulevard A 56…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #BreakingNews #alert #authority #blocks #deadlycrash #eastboundtraffic #Entertainment #fatality #FloridaHighwayPatrol #fridaynight #gulfcoastnews #Headlines #latenews #midnight #portcharlotte #sport #Topstories #TopStories #VeteransBoulevard #weather #wylamdrive
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/632908/

Major tornado tears through Franklin County; Reports of trapped residents, destroyed homes https://www.allforgardening.com/1754349/major-tornado-tears-through-franklin-county-reports-of-trapped-residents-destroyed-homes/ #Area #authority #Damage #DangerousCondition #EmergencyOfficial #FranklinCounty #garden #GardenCity #HazardousCondition #home #MajorTornadoTear #Report #Resident #ResponseEffort #SevereWeather #sheriff

Major tornado tears through Franklin County; Reports of trapped residents, destroyed homes https://www.allforgardening.com/1754349/major-tornado-tears-through-franklin-county-reports-of-trapped-residents-destroyed-homes/ #Area #authority #Damage #DangerousCondition #EmergencyOfficial #FranklinCounty #garden #GardenCity #HazardousCondition #home #MajorTornadoTear #Report #Resident #ResponseEffort #SevereWeather #sheriff

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

In our own day […] there has been too much of a tendency towards authority, and too little care for the preservation of initiative. Men in control of vast organisations have tended to be too abstract in their outlook, to forget what actual human beings are like, and to try to fit men to systems rather than systems to men.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-30), “Individual and Social Ethics,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 6, BBC Radio

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/838…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #control #freewill #humanity #individual #individuality #initiative #management #organizations #power #systems

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

In our own day […] there has been too much of a tendency towards authority, and too little care for the preservation of initiative. Men in control of vast organisations have tended to be too abstract in their outlook, to forget what actual human beings are like, and to try to fit men to systems rather than systems to men.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-30), “Individual and Social Ethics,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 6, BBC Radio

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/838…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #control #freewill #humanity #individual #individuality #initiative #management #organizations #power #systems

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

In our own day […] there has been too much of a tendency towards authority, and too little care for the preservation of initiative. Men in control of vast organisations have tended to be too abstract in their outlook, to forget what actual human beings are like, and to try to fit men to systems rather than systems to men.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-30), “Individual and Social Ethics,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 6, BBC Radio

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/838…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #control #freewill #humanity #individual #individuality #initiative #management #organizations #power #systems

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

In our own day […] there has been too much of a tendency towards authority, and too little care for the preservation of initiative. Men in control of vast organisations have tended to be too abstract in their outlook, to forget what actual human beings are like, and to try to fit men to systems rather than systems to men.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-30), “Individual and Social Ethics,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 6, BBC Radio

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/838…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #control #freewill #humanity #individual #individuality #initiative #management #organizations #power #systems

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

In our own day […] there has been too much of a tendency towards authority, and too little care for the preservation of initiative. Men in control of vast organisations have tended to be too abstract in their outlook, to forget what actual human beings are like, and to try to fit men to systems rather than systems to men.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-30), “Individual and Social Ethics,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 6, BBC Radio

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/838…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #control #freewill #humanity #individual #individuality #initiative #management #organizations #power #systems

https://www.europesays.com/people/59100/ Man accused of attacking OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home pleads not guilty to attempted murder #altman #attack #AttemptedMurder #authority #charge #danger #DiamondWard #hearing #HomeLastMonth #humanity #MentalHealthCrisis #MorenoGama #Murder #OpenAI #OpenAICEOSamAltman #prosecutor #SamAltman #year

**God is the political trump card that ends every argument.**
Once someone says “God wants this,” the conversation is over. It’s not spirituality — it’s a power move.
#Rhetoric #Authority #CulturalMechanics #PowerDynamics

https://protyusagendherpoet.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/god-is-the-political-trump-card-that-ends-every-argument/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

“Just let Him in.” #Jesus You are welcome. #HolySpirit You are welcome! #HeavenlyFather You are welcome! Nova knows that you have been through a lot. She has been through a lot. But, she also knows that healing is found in Christ alone. #authority #testimony

2 dead, 16 injured in migrant boat attempt to cross English Channel

PARIS — A small boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel ran aground on a beach in northern…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #authority #boat #ChristopheMarx #coast #EnglishChannel #lastmonth #man #migrant #northernFrance #people #seriousburn #Sudan #Sunday #u.k. #woman
https://www.europesays.com/france/11249/

2 dead, 16 injured in migrant boat attempt to cross English Channel https://www.byteseu.com/1987931/ #authority #boat #ChristopheMarx #coast #EnglishChannel #France #LastMonth #man #migrant #NorthernFrance #people #SeriousBurn #Sudan #Sunday #UK #woman

Faith Without Coercion

Your beliefs are yours and mine are mine—but power, coercion, and hypocrisy still deserve scrutiny.

#religion #freedom #beliefs #ethics #humanrights #society #reflection #faith #justice #criticism #authority #philosophy #humanity #discussion #values

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Those who believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God may infer that any unusual opinion or peculiar taste is almost a form of impiety, and is to be viewed as a culpable rebellion against the legitimate authority of the herd. This will only be avoided if liberty is as much valued as democracy, and it is realized that a society in which each is the slave of all is only a little better than one in which each is the slave of a despot. There is equality where all are slaves, as well as where all are free. This shows that equality, by itself, is not enough to make a good society.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-16), “The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 4, BBC Radio

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/837…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #conformity #democracy #dissent #equality #freedom #freedomofthought #herd #heterodoxy #liberty #majority #mob #popularopinion #slavery #tyrannyofthemajority #wethepeople #voxpopuli

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Those who believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God may infer that any unusual opinion or peculiar taste is almost a form of impiety, and is to be viewed as a culpable rebellion against the legitimate authority of the herd. This will only be avoided if liberty is as much valued as democracy, and it is realized that a society in which each is the slave of all is only a little better than one in which each is the slave of a despot. There is equality where all are slaves, as well as where all are free. This shows that equality, by itself, is not enough to make a good society.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-16), “The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 4, BBC Radio

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/837…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #conformity #democracy #dissent #equality #freedom #freedomofthought #herd #heterodoxy #liberty #majority #mob #popularopinion #slavery #tyrannyofthemajority #wethepeople #voxpopuli

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Those who believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God may infer that any unusual opinion or peculiar taste is almost a form of impiety, and is to be viewed as a culpable rebellion against the legitimate authority of the herd. This will only be avoided if liberty is as much valued as democracy, and it is realized that a society in which each is the slave of all is only a little better than one in which each is the slave of a despot. There is equality where all are slaves, as well as where all are free. This shows that equality, by itself, is not enough to make a good society.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-16), “The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 4, BBC Radio

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A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Those who believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God may infer that any unusual opinion or peculiar taste is almost a form of impiety, and is to be viewed as a culpable rebellion against the legitimate authority of the herd. This will only be avoided if liberty is as much valued as democracy, and it is realized that a society in which each is the slave of all is only a little better than one in which each is the slave of a despot. There is equality where all are slaves, as well as where all are free. This shows that equality, by itself, is not enough to make a good society.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-16), “The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 4, BBC Radio

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A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Those who believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God may infer that any unusual opinion or peculiar taste is almost a form of impiety, and is to be viewed as a culpable rebellion against the legitimate authority of the herd. This will only be avoided if liberty is as much valued as democracy, and it is realized that a society in which each is the slave of all is only a little better than one in which each is the slave of a despot. There is equality where all are slaves, as well as where all are free. This shows that equality, by itself, is not enough to make a good society.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-16), “The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 4, BBC Radio

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