Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.
Nelson Mandela
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Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.
Noam Chomsky
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Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.
Thomas Aquinas
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Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.
Jane Austen
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When a band becomes as truly iconic as the Velvet Underground, there will often be a box set released, overburdened with mediocre material that dilutes what was fine left on its own.
Henry Rollins
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Dogs are forever in the push up postion.
Mitch Hedberg
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When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without the cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We may be bishops, priests, cardinals, popes, all of this, but we are not disciples of the Lord.
Pope Francis
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When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Donald Trump is a good man, and he will make a great president of the United States of America.
Mike Pence
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