Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.
I. F. StoneThe only social justice movements worth fighting for are the struggles for justice where you lose, you lose, you lose- until you win.
I. F. StoneThe fault I find with most American newspapers is not the absence of dissent. it is the absence of news. With a dozen or so honorable exceptions, most American newspapers carry very little news. Their main concern is advertising.
I. F. StoneWhen you're young, you get blamed for crimes that you didn't commit. When you are old, you get credit for virtues that you never had. I guess it all evens out in the end.
I. F. StoneYou have to take the long view. First, when Moses came down from Mt. Sinai, man has already progressed to the point where a commandment against cannibalism was no longer necessary. And, second, it's like pissing on a boulder. For the first few thousand years, you don't see any effect. But after that, you start to see a definite impact.
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