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There is no greater mindlessness and absurdity than to force conscience and the spirit with external power, when only their creator has authority for them.

— Ferenc Dávid

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Neither the sword of popes, nor the cross, nor the image of death — nothing will halt the march of truth. I wrote what I felt and that is what I preached with trusting spirit. I am convinced that after my destruction the teachings of false prophets will collapse.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Letter to Jost Winteler (1901)

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When we see a great man desiring power instead of his real goal we soon recognize that he is sick, or more precisely that his attitude to his work is sick.

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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

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