“But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.”
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The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.
I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.
From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.
To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion.