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Tag: Albert Einstein

(1879-1955) Physicist and Professor, Nobel Prize 1921

Controlling the masses

The ruling class has the schools and press under its thumb. This enables it to sway the emotions of the masses.

Author Greg RavenPosted on September 7, 2021Categories education, pressTags Albert Einstein

Blind belief in authority

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Author Greg RavenPosted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021Categories external authorityTags Albert Einstein

Curb your shame

If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies … It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it.

Author Greg RavenPosted on March 26, 2021March 26, 2021Categories informed electorate, knowledgeTags Albert Einstein

Safety third

A ship is always safe at the shore, but that is not what it is built for.

Author Greg RavenPosted on December 30, 2020Categories rebellionTags Albert Einstein

Products of freedom

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

Author Greg RavenPosted on April 22, 2014November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories libertyTags Albert Einstein

“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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