Demokratie / Democracy Eingeben / Enter Hinter / Behind Industriell / Industrial Leistung / Power Nur / Only Ohne / Without Opfer / Victim Schlange / Serpent Union Zustand / State
A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.
Who are ever taxed? Individuals only. Who have property that can be taxed? Individuals only. Who can give their consent to be taxed? Individuals only. Who are ever taxed without their consent? Individuals only. Who, then, are robbed, if taxed without their consent? Individuals only.
Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.
I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it.
Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.
Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.
Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common.
I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general.