Flickr Photos
Tag Archives: Uniformity
First Principles: Truth Can Stand By Itself. Subject Opinion To Coercion: Whom Will You Make Your Inquisitors
“Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Bad Passions, Coercion, Desirable, Face and Stature, FallibleMen, First Principles, Inquisitors, Opinion, Private, Public, Reasons, Stand, Subject, Thomas Jefferson, Tuth, Uniformity
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: Civilizations In Decline Are Consistently Characterized By A Tendency Towards Standardization and Uniformity
“Civilizations in decline are consistently characterized by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity.”-Arnold Toynbee, historian (14 Apr 1889-1975)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Arnold Toynbee, Character, Civilization, Consistent, Decline, Standardization, Tendency, Thought For the Day, Uniformity
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: The Most Successful Tyranny Is Not One that Uses Force To Assure Uniformity, But the One That Removes the Awareness of Other Possibilities
“Freedom of the mind requires not only, or not even specially, the absence of legal constraints, but the presence of alternative thoughts…The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity, but the one that removes … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Declining Civilizations Are Marked With A Tendency Toward Uniformity and Standardization
“Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity.” – Arnold Toynbee, historian (14 Apr 1889-1975)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Arnold Toynbee, Character, Civilization, Conquest, Consistent, Decline, History, Moral Decay, Standardization, Tendency, Thought For the Day, Uniformity
Leave a comment
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 