Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn means fewer sales of American steel products around the world and losses of far more jobs than are saved.
Thomas Sowell
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We in the United States believe in the protection of minorities; we recognize the contributions that they can make and the leadership that they can provide; and we do not believe that any people – whether majority or minority, or individual human beings – are ‘expendable’ in the cause of theory or of policy.
Robert Kennedy
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Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don’t need it: if you are sick you should not take it.
Henry Ford
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The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
George Bernard Shaw
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I like writers who can show me worlds I know nothing about, but my favorites are those who create characters or worlds which feel realistic and familiar to me, or who can make me feel inspired.
Malala Yousafzai
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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
Neil Armstrong
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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
Francis Bacon
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The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.
George Bernard Shaw
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To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
Nelson Mandela
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Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
Walt Whitman
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