“The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.”
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The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.
We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.
We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.
