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Tag: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

(1749-1832), commonly known as “Goethe,” was a German poet, novelist, philosopher, and scientist who is considered one of the giants of the literary world.

Equality and liberty

Legislators and revolutionaries who promise equality and liberty at the same time are either psychopaths or mountebanks.

Author Greg RavenPosted on September 3, 2018November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories demagoguesTags Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Enslaved by false freedom

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Author Greg RavenPosted on April 6, 2017November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories libertyTags Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nothing worse

Nothing is as terrible to see as ignorance in action.

Author Greg RavenPosted on January 18, 2016November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories informed electorate, knowledgeTags Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Knowing is not enough

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Author Greg RavenPosted on September 13, 2014November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories citizenshipTags Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The best government

What is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Author Greg RavenPosted on October 18, 2013November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories governmentTags Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“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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