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9. “There are some very stupid men in the capitals of the Western World – the more stupid because they think they are so wise. It would seem to me that almost anybody would know by now that colored peoples do not like to be ruled by outside forces, Jim Crowed, segregated, told what to do by aliens, and in general kicked around.”
Langston Hughes
Colonialism, Racism, Western Arrogance, Social Criticism, Global Politics
17. “Whenever the law gets its hands on you, those who use the law to their own advantage will also turn it against you. Don't put your trust in the laws of men, Alvin. They were designed by strong men to improve their power over weaker ones.” Orson Scott Card Law, Power, Justice, Corruption, Social Criticism, Advice
22. “The supposed right of intolerance is absurd and barbaric. It is the right of the tiger; nay, it is far worse, for tigers do but tear in order to have food, while we rend each other for paragraphs.” Voltaire Intolerance Barbaric, Human Nature, Violence Justification, Social Criticism, Morality Question, Human Conflict
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9. “There are some very stupid men in the capitals of the Western World – the more stupid because they think they are so wise. It would seem to me that almost anybody would know by now that colored peoples do not like to be ruled by outside forces, Jim Crowed, segregated, told what to do by aliens, and in general kicked around.”
Langston Hughes Colonialism, Racism, Western Arrogance, Social Criticism, Global Politics
17. “Whenever the law gets its hands on you, those who use the law to their own advantage will also turn it against you. Don't put your trust in the laws of men, Alvin. They were designed by strong men to improve their power over weaker ones.”
Orson Scott Card Law, Power, Justice, Corruption, Social Criticism, Advice
22. “The supposed right of intolerance is absurd and barbaric. It is the right of the tiger; nay, it is far worse, for tigers do but tear in order to have food, while we rend each other for paragraphs.”
Voltaire Intolerance Barbaric, Human Nature, Violence Justification, Social Criticism, Morality Question, Human Conflict
