Belief in intellectual freedom where it does not exist contributes to complacency in virtual enslavement.
John Dewey
#twisdom #liberty
Belief in intellectual freedom where it does not exist contributes to complacency in virtual enslavement.
John Dewey
#twisdom #liberty
The world has suffered more from leaders and authorities than from the masses.
John Dewey
#twisdom #democracy
Vision is a spectator; hearing is a participator.
John Dewey
#twisdom #listening
The belief in political fixity, the sanctity of a form hallowed by tradition, is an invitation to revolt and revolution.
John Dewey
#twisdom #progress
Man, a child in understanding of himself, has placed in his hands physical tools of incalculable power.
John Dewey
#twisdom #selfknowledge
Sometimes the sense of external oppression acts as a challenge and arouses intellectual energy and excites courage.
John Dewey
#twisdom #resistance
No man and no mind was ever emancipated merely by being left alone.
John Dewey
#twisdom #empowerment
Habits of opinion are the toughest of all.
John Dewey
#twisdom #freedom
Every generation must fight for its own freedom, which with each generation will come in a new form.
John Dewey
#twisdom #progress