In other words, they appeal to the state for protection, but the state is precisely that from which they require protection. To be protected from violence by the nation-state is to be exposed to the violence wielded by the nation-state, so to rely on the nation-state for protection from violence is precisely to exchange one potential violence for another. There may, indeed, be few other choices. Judith Butler
Stupidity and wisdom meet in the same centre of sentiment and resolution, in the suffering of human accidents.
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Michel De Montaigne
If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.
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Jane Austen
There are only 2 paths to happiness in life. Utter Stupidity or Exceptional Wealth.
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Our mind is like a MIRROR it reflects to the outside World what we think.
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AuliqIce
This is of course why violence is so often the preferred weapon of the stupid. One might even call it the trump card of the stupid, since (and this is surely one of the tragedies of human existence) it is the one form of stupidity...
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David Graeber
More Quotes By Judith Butler
That proves you are unusual, " returned the Scarecrow; "and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.
...and remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.
I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.
No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.
To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.
