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Quotations about repression

Robert HeinleinThe capacity of the human mind for swallowing nonsense and spewing it forth in violent and repressive action has never yet been plumbed.

 - Robert A. Heinlein

Tags:   humans  mind  nonsense  repression  violence  

It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the equal rights of each from aggression on the part of others, and the moment governmental prohibitions extend beyond this line they are in danger of defeating the very ends they are intended to serve.

 - Henry George

Tags:   aggression  government  liberty  repression  rights  virtue  

Louis BrandeisFear breeds repression; that repression breeds hate; that hate menaces stable government; that the path of safety lies in the opportunity to discuss freely supposed grievances and proposed remedies; and that the fitting remedy for evil counsels is good ones.

 - Louis Brandeis

Tags:   fear  government  hate  repression  stability