Thought

Isaiah Berlin

Everything is what it is: liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or culture, or human happiness or a quiet conscience.

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E‑Power to the People
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The Maine Thing
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Swooning Over Citizen Control?
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The Seinfeld Referendum
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Revolt of the Desk Jockeys
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Lost Justice, Long Island
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Abolish. Or Set in Stone
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Destroying Dane Farming
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Disaster Relief Pass-Over
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Exemplary Rejections
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Term Limits “versus” Informed Citizens?
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Do Anything
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Empowering Abuse of Power
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Reform Follows Function
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That Bloomin’ Blatherer Bloomberg
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Why Do You Want People to Starve?
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The Court-Packers
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Fiddling with the Franchise
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Five for Ferguson
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What Kind of Ice Cream Cone?
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The “Give Away”
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Bernie’s Slippery Definition of Democratic Socialism
Bernie Sanders has always given a comically slippery definition of democratic socialism. For …
If they can do it, why can’t we?
In Europe, some large programs (like “free” healthcare and college”) …
Baaaaaa!
I’m With the Herd! Original (cc) photo by Jason Hollinger on Flickr …
Save the Young
Freedom is good, sure … for most of us, most …