Saturday, December 10, 2011
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Proudly delegitimizing the state since 2005
"Aye, free! Free as a tethered ass!" —W.S. Gilbert
"All the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and . . . the State should be abolished." —Benjamin Tucker
"You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." —James Madison
"Fat chance." —Sheldon Richman
—Henry David Thoreau
"Free association . . . the only true form of society."
—Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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Mind saying why in particular, or directing me to some things you find interesting? I looked into him just a little while back because of the high regard Einstein had for him, but never went into much depth. I was intrigued by his theism, determinism, and reputation for high personal character.
He was a liberal and a free-thinker who had the courage to question the deepest beliefs of his time when it was risky to do so. I admire that. He was "excommunicated" (permanently expelled and shunned) from the Jewish community he was brought up in for his naturalist beliefs.
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