Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
When we have run through all forms of government, without partiality to that we were born under, we are at a loss with which to side; they are all a compound of good and evil. It is therefore most reasonable and safe to value that of our own country above all others, and to submit to it.
La Bruyère, Jean de. The Characters of Jean de la Bruyère. Translated by Henri Van Laun, John C. Nimmo, 1885, p. 263.
Defending his opposition to a League of Nations. He was instrumental in preventing the United States from joining the League of Nations which President Wilson had worked so hard to create. The Senate never ratified the treaty which Wilson had signed.
Theodore Roosevelt was the Presidential nominee
This is another example of a common practice amongst dictators and extremists of the Right and the Left. First they define “Patriotic” as accepting and following their norms, politics, regulations or laws. Then they define out any dissidents as not bona fide citizens of the nation. In the next step, the lack of citizenship and patriotism allows imprisonment, torture and even death at times. It is one thing to accuse dissidents as being citizens in opposition to the existing government; it is quite another to define them as no longer a citizen who is entitled to the respect or rights of a citizen. This was typical of both Soviet Communism in the 1950s and the followers of Senator Joseph p. McCarthy in the United States.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
He had been the President of the Soviet Union which was all of a sudden 15 different nations. He resigned immediately.
The possession in perpetuity was the result of the Biblical Jubilee. See {638120} for an example of how the Jubilee functioned. Hebrew citizen could NEVER lose his land permanently even if he could not pay his debts. Spinoza was one of the most feared intellectuals in human history—feared that is by the established power structures. He is the only known person who was excommunicated by the Catholics, the Jews and the Muslims—all were forbidden to read his works. He was the enemy of authority and advocated personal reason as the guide for men.
Jean de La Bruyère was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire.
