
“A man is honorable in proportion to the personal risks he takes for his opinion.”
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 147
Source: Treason of the Intellectuals (1927), p. 150
“A man is honorable in proportion to the personal risks he takes for his opinion.”
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 147
“A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues can accomplish.”
Et pro virtutum habitu quilibet et liber est, et, quatenus est liber, eatenus virtutibus pollet.
Bk. 7, ch. 25
Policraticus (1159)
Theodore Roosevelt, Address Before Congress (February 9, 1919).
“Modern man has much to learn from the people he calls 'savages.'”
Reflections (1981)
Context: The pygmies are one of the most cultured peoples on the face of the earth. They live a wonderful life, a life of purity. Not only are they busy and productive, they're happy and healthy as well. If we puny Americans had to live under their conditions, we'd perish in a day. Modern man has much to learn from the people he calls 'savages.' Before we are down to the last blade of grass it would be wise to study the life of the Pygmies. The secret of our own survival rests with them, the people who know how to make the most out of very little and find complete happiness with the bare essentials.
Source: The Future As History (1960), Chapter I, Part 3, The Future as the Mirror of the Past, p. 19
President Bill Clinton — reported in Seth Borenstein (July 23, 1998) "Astronaut Filled America's Need for a Space Hero", Detroit Free Press, p. 1A.
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