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Joseph StalinIdeas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?

—  Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Soviet leader

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George OrwellSome ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.

—  George Orwell, 1903-1950, British writer

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Fernando PessoaNo intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.

—  Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer

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NapoleonA revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecIn a war of ideas it is people who get killed.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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David Lloyd GeorgeA young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head.

—  David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922]

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Eugene IonescoIdeologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.

—  Eugene Ionesco, 1912-1994, French-Romanian playwright

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H.L. MenckenAny man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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H.L. MenckenTo die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Georges ClemenceauA young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head.

—  Georges Clemenceau, 1841-1929, French Prime Minister

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George OrwellAt any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question.

—  George Orwell, 1903-1950, British writer

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Georges ClemenceauMy son is 22 years old. If he had not become a Communist at 22, I would have disowned him. If he is still a Communist at 30, I will do it then.

—  Georges Clemenceau, 1841-1929, French Prime Minister

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Albert CamusEvery ideology is contrary to human psychology.

—  Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957

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Jean-Luc GodardKilling a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man.

—  Jean-Luc Godard, 1930-2022, French film director

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Jean RostandHe who kills out of selfishness kills a little. Out of ambition, a lot. From ideology, monstrously.

—  Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher

Nicolas Gomez DavilaConformism and non-conformism are symmetrical expressions of a lack of originality.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

Nikos KazantzakisThere are no ideas, there are only people who carry the ideas, and they get the height of those who carry them.

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

Joseph JoubertAbuse of words is the foundation of ideology.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.Constitutions are intended to preserve practical and substantial rights, not to maintain theories.

—  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., 1841-1935, 

Graham GreeneIts typical of Mexico, of the whole human race perhaps — violence in favour of an ideal and then the ideal lost but the violence just going on.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

Theodore AdornoThe power of the culture industry's ideology is such that conformity has replaced consciousness.

—  Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher

Theodore AdornoThere's not much need for prophets who are in synch with their society.

—  Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher

Erica JongAny system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

Philip RothYou cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you.

—  Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer

Robert M. PirsigThat which destroys the old mythos becomes the new mythos.

—  Robert M. Pirsig, 1928-2017, American writer

Ayn RandIdentify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.

—  Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher

Robert HeinleinPolitical tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

—  Robert Heinlein, 1907-1988, American sci-fi writer

André BretonAll ideas that triumph are doomed.

—  André Breton, 1896-1966, French writer, founder of Surrealism

Nicolas Gomez DavilaI distrust every idea that doesn’t seem obsolete and grotesque to my contemporaries.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

Nicolas Gomez DavilaMarxism and psychoanalysis have been the two traps of the modern intelligence.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

Thomas SowellVirtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to feel special and important. Some confuse that feeling with idealism.

—  Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker




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