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The concept of original sin gives us a penetrating insight into human destiny.

— Leszek Kołakowski

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Marxism has been the greatest fantasy of our century. It was a dream offering the prospect of a society of perfect unity, in which all human aspirations would be fulfilled and all values reconciled.

Main Currents Of Marxism (1978)

The history of utopias is no less fascinating than the history of metallurgy or of chemical engineering.

Main Currents Of Marxism (1978)

There is no idea so obscure that someone could not come to regard it as self-evident.

The Alienation of Reason (1966)

Pragmatism starts from assumptions similar to those of empiriocriticism, but differs from the latter by its striking formulations, loose aphorisms, and analytical unscrupulousness.

The Alienation of Reason (1966)

We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are.

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One country, one constitution, one destiny.

Daniel Webster

We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

John Lewis

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan

“Destiny,” said John. “The ghastliest word a man can speak.”

Poul Anderson The Corridors of Time (1965)

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