bookmate game
en
Gratis
Bertrand Russell

Political Ideals

  • b6221027333har citeretfor 5 måneder siden
    The object of education ought not to be to make all men think alike, but to make each think in the way which is the fullest expression of his own personality.
  • b9094770076har citeretfor 3 år siden
    if the victors of to-morrow are not to become the oppressors of the day after
  • b9094770076har citeretfor 3 år siden
    if the victors of to-morrow are not to become the oppressors of the day after.
  • b9094770076har citeretfor 3 år siden
    men are to have free play for their creative impulses, they must be liberated from sordid cares by a certain measure of security, and they must have a sufficient share of power to be able to exercise initiative as regards the course and conditions of their lives.
  • b9094770076har citeretfor 3 år siden
    modify the life of impulse in the desired direction.
  • b9021206470har citeretfor 3 år siden
    whenever any new fundamental issue arises, the majority are in the wrong, because they are guided by prejudice and habit. Progress comes through the gradual effect of a minority in converting opinion and altering custom.
  • b9021206470har citeretfor 3 år siden
    he tyranny of the majority is a very real danger. It is a mistake to suppose that the majority is necessarily right.
  • b9021206470har citeretfor 3 år siden
    Love of power is obviously the ruling motive of many politicians. It is also the chief cause of wars, which are admittedly almost always a bad speculation from the mere point of view of wealth. For this reason, a new economic system which merely attacks economic motives and does not interfere with the concentration of power is not likely to effect any very great improvement in the world. This is one of the chief reasons for regarding state socialism with suspicion.
  • b9021206470har citeretfor 3 år siden
    ove of power is obviously the ruling motive of many politicians. It is also the chief cause of wars, which are admittedly almost always a bad speculation from the mere point of view of wealth. For this reason, a new economic system which merely attacks economic motives and does not interfere with the concentration of power is not likely to effect any very great improvement in the world. This is one of the chief reasons for regarding state socialism with suspicion.
  • b9021206470har citeretfor 3 år siden
    he essential theory of democracy is the diffusion of power among the whole people, so that the evils produced by one man's possession of great power shall be obviated. But the diffusion of power through democracy is only effective when the voters take an interest in the question involved. When the question does not interest them, they do not attempt to control the administration, and all actual power passes into the hands of officials.
fb2epub
Træk og slip dine filer (ikke mere end 5 ad gangen)