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The function of the rebel is to shake the fixated mores of the rigid order of civilization; and this shaking, though painful, is necessary if the society is to be saved from boredom and apathy. Obviously I do not refer to everyone who calls himself a rebel, but only to the authentic rebel. Civilization gets its first flower from the rebel.

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Thomas Sowell

What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?

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Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.

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Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.

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Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.

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Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence, they are the last people to suspect that they don't know what they are talking about when they go outside their narrow fields.

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In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities.

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The function of the rebel is to shake the fixated mores of the rigid order of civilization; and this shaking, though painful, is necessary if the society is to be saved from boredom and apathy. Obviously I do not refer to everyone who calls himself a rebel, but only to the authentic rebel. Civilization gets its first flower from the rebel.

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