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Arthur Koestler Quotes

Arthur Koestler quotes about history

Hungarian Novelist September 5, 1905 – March 3, 1983

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Our Press and our schools cultivate Chauvinism, militarism, dogmatism, conformism and ignorance. The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled in history; freedom of the Press, of opinion and of movement are as thoroughly exterminated as though the proclamation of the Rights of Man had never been. We have built up the most gigantic police apparatus, with informers made a national institution, and the most refined scientific system of political and mental torture. We whip... Arthur Koestler
...The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled in history; freedom of the Press, of opinion and of movement are as thoroughly exterminated as though the proclamation of the Rights of Man had never been. Arthur Koestler
History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unnering flows towards her goal. History knows herway. She makes no mistakes. Arthur Koestler
Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means. Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler quote: "The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's..."
The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums. Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler quote: "History had a slow pulse; man counted in years, history in..."
History had a slow pulse; man counted in years, history in generations Arthur Koestler

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