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I long ago quit being disappointed in men for what they are not and never can be.”
revolutions are not won by enlisting the masses. Revolution is a science only a few are competent to practice. It depends on correct organization and, above all, on communications. Then, at the proper moment in history, they strike. Correctly organized and properly timed it is a bloodless coup. Done clumsily or prematurely and the result is civil war, mob violence, purges, terror.
I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”
Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve.
Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. Rules, laws—always for other fellow.
A managed democracy is a wonderful thing, Manuel, for the managers . . . and its greatest strength is a ‘free press’ when ‘free’ is defined as ‘responsible’ and the managers define what is ‘irresponsible.’
We are not yet free nor will we be as long as anyone—even our ally Mike—controls our news.
The shrewdest of the great generals in China’s history once said that perfection in war lay in so sapping the opponent’s will that he surrenders without fighting.
Prof got fascinated by possibilities for shaping future that lay in a big, smart computer—and lost track of things closer home.
