To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

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I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.

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