"No public cause deserves the unlimited allegiance of an intelligent man."

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“An individual declares himself a member of some group or other with the goal of demanding in its name what he is ashamed to claim in his own name.”

“Genuine allegiance to an idea surpasses every psychological or social motivation.”

“The enemies of myth are not the friends of reality but of triviality.”

“To be intelligent without ideas is the privilege of the artist.”

“The individual shrinks in proportion as the state grows.”

“To have a dialog with those who do not share our basic premises is nothing more than a stupid way to kill time.”

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