#sen

Government is essentially immoral. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#government #immoral

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#benevolence #confidence #disposition #justice #mere

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#cannot #civil #common #conceived #consent

Desire is the essence of a man. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#essence #man

Desire is the very essence of man. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#essence #man #very

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#consent #entire #free #guidance #lives

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#different #past #present #study #want

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#based #character #peace #strength #virtue

Dali had a good sense of humor - obviously you could tell just looking at him; he was funny. ↗

— Joe Grant

#dali #funny #good #good sense #had

Jimmy Carter laid out policies that we now look back at and say, 'Gee, that actually made sense.' But you also need to explain it and convey and communicate in a way that provides that tableau, that understanding. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#also #back #carter #communicate #convey