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“If you wish to extinguish that enthusiasm which inspires great thoughts and impels men to noble enterprises—if you wish to render men's hearts cold and unfeeling—then substitute egotism in the place of generous and ardent patriotism.
If you wish to do this, only take away from the people their faith, and make them philosophers.”
― Letters on the Spanish Inquisition
If you wish to do this, only take away from the people their faith, and make them philosophers.”
― Letters on the Spanish Inquisition
“The State has the right and duty to prevent the destruction of its people by unjust economic power.”
― Quadragesimo Anno: On Reconstructing the Social Order
― Quadragesimo Anno: On Reconstructing the Social Order
“Each needs the other: capital cannot do without labour, nor labour without capital.”
― Rerum Novarum
― Rerum Novarum
“Universal toleration becomes questionable when its rationale no longer prevails — when tolerance is extended to individuals who are indoctrinated and manipulated, who express as their own the opinions of their masters, for whom heteronomy has become autonomy.
The telos of tolerance is truth.”
― Repressive Tolerance
The telos of tolerance is truth.”
― Repressive Tolerance
“This pure toleration of sense and nonsense is justified by the democratic argument that no one — neither group nor individual — is in possession of the truth, or capable of defining what is right and wrong, good and bad. Therefore, all contesting opinions must be submitted to the people for their deliberation and choice.
But I have already suggested that the democratic argument implies a necessary condition: namely, that the people must be capable of deliberating and choosing on the basis of knowledge; that they must have access to authentic information; and that, on this basis, their evaluation must be the result of autonomous thought.”
― Repressive Tolerance
But I have already suggested that the democratic argument implies a necessary condition: namely, that the people must be capable of deliberating and choosing on the basis of knowledge; that they must have access to authentic information; and that, on this basis, their evaluation must be the result of autonomous thought.”
― Repressive Tolerance
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