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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

"To be a public health scientist during this pandemic is like living in a Kafka novel."

"Philosophy teaches us to feel uncertain about the things that seems to us self-evident. Propaganda, on the other hand, teaches us to accept as self-evident matters about which it would be reasonable to suspend our judgement or to feel doubt."

It is not a sign of good mental health to be well adapted to a sick society.

First the nazis came for the Kommunists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Kommunist. Then they came for the Social Democrats, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Social Democrat. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Union…

Engineers do engineering, i.e. they build bridges. So engineering needs engineers. The economy does NOT need economists. Economists do not make economy, but they try it and that is why we have so much problems with some financial models.

"The first victim of a war is the truth"

When the last tree has been cut down, when the last river has been poisoned, when the last fish has been caught, then we will realize that we cannot eat money.