As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends correspondingly to increase. And the dictator will do well to encourage that freedom…it will help to reconcile his subjects to the servitude which is their fate.
ALDOUS HUXLEYDictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.
More Aldous Huxley Quotes
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One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.
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Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.
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Every man’s memory is his private literature.
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The world is an illusion, but an illusion which we must take seriously.
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Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.
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The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.
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The third petition of the Lord’s Prayer is repeated daily by millions who have not the slightest intention of letting anyone’s will be done but their own.
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The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
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If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.
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The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him, the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free.
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Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.
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Never have so many been manipulated so much by so few.
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The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled.
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Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair chance, of making a reasonable choice in the light of available evidence. Democratic institutions can be made to work only if all concerned do their best to impart knowledge and to encourage rationality.
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There seems to be no good reason why a thoroughly scientific dictatorship should ever be overthrown.
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