Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing.

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities

Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity

Absolute power corrupts absolutely