#phil

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#protectionism #war

It's kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I'd have a worse time doing anything else. That's kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy. ↗

— Jonny Greenwood

#anything #art #as far as #doing #else

It's absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book 'An American Dream' is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don't catch him in a defensive position, he'll admit it. I'd really like to help that man. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#admit #american #american dream #book #catch

The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Oppenheimer and others - were natives of Europe and America. ↗

— David Ben-Gurion

#einstein #europe #few #freud #generations

"Freedom from fear" could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#could #fear #freedom from #human #human rights

Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#belongs #nutshell #philosophy #put

'Truth Will Set U Free' is about honesty. My philosophic belief that ultimately being true to yourself is liberating, with every individual's inalienable right to be who they are without fear or recrimination. ↗

— Corey Hart

#being #belief #every #fear #free

Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#dead #here #philosophy #questions #these

Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#kept #modern #particularly #philosophers #physics

Philanthropic colonization is a failure. National colonization will succeed. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#failure #national #philanthropic #succeed #will