The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

Ernest Hemingway, “Notes on the Next War: A Serious Topical Letter,” Esquire, Sept. 1935.

La liberté d’opinion est une farce si l’information sur les faits n’est pas garantie et si ce ne sont pas les faits eux-mêmes qui font l’objet du débat.

Hannah Arendt, La Crise de la culture (1968), Vérité et politique

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (13th-century Persian)

“Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.”

Lucy Parsons, Lucy Parsons: Freedom, Equality & Solidarity – Writings & Speeches, 1878-1937

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.”

Maslow, Abraham Harold (1966). The Psychology of Science: A Reconnaissance