The cooperative structure never encourages huge bureaucratic systems, for it knows that mammoth bureaucracies cannot be sensitive to the needs of people.
I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you’d give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.
That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
What, therefore, is a government at its best? It is a government that “governs” least and instead finds ways to mobilise the energies of our people.
Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.