So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

—Immanuel Kant

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About Immanuel Kant

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Immanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher. Born in Königsberg in the Kingdom of Prussia, he is considered one of the central thinkers of the Enlightenment. His comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, political theory, and philosophy...

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Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.

—Immanuel Kant

Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.

—Immanuel Kant

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Politics is how you live your life, not whom you vote for.

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In a virtuous community, men of sense and of principle will always be placed at the head of affairs. In a declining state of public morals, men will be so blinded to their true interests as to put the incapable and unworthy at the helm. It is therefore vain to complain of the follies or crimes of a government. We must lay our hands on our own hearts and say, "Here is the sin that makes the public sin.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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When someone behaves like a beast, he says, "After all, one is only human." But when he is treated like a beast, he says, "After all, one is human.

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To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior "righteous indignation"—this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.

—Aldous Huxley

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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.

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