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Tag: Albert Camus

(1913-1960) French Algerian author

Think before voting

It is the job of thinking people, not to be on the side of the executioners.

Author Greg RavenPosted on April 7, 2023Categories informed electorateTags Albert Camus

Freedom is not a gift

Freedom is not a gift received from the State or leader, but a possession to be won every day by the effort of each and the union of all.

Author Greg RavenPosted on April 7, 2023Categories libertyTags Albert Camus

Freedom is not a reward

Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that is celebrated with champagne … Oh no! It’s a … long distance race, quite solitary and very exhausting.

Author Greg RavenPosted on August 25, 2022August 25, 2022Categories libertyTags Albert Camus

Crimes of ego

How many crimes are permitted simply because their authors could not endure being wrong?

Author Greg RavenPosted on October 30, 2016November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories evilTags Albert Camus

The alibi of tyrants

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.

Author Greg RavenPosted on September 15, 2011November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories collectivization, demagogues, socialismTags Albert Camus

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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