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The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death (1960)
I do not have much liking for the too famous existential philosophy, and, to tell the truth, I think its conclusions false.
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death (1960)
The aim of art, the aim of a life can only be to increase the sum of freedom and responsibility to be found in every man and in the world. It cannot, under any circumstances, be to reduce or suppress that freedom, even temporarily.
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death (1960)