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In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
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Cognitive Biases
Zero-risk bias – preference for reducing a small risk to zero over a greater reduction in a larger risk.
Books by Jay
Conflict and Conciliation: Faith and Politics in an Age of Global Dissonance
Despite the peaceful foundations of global monotheistic religions, the broad diversity of interpretations can lead to a sharp paradox regarding the use of force. Inevitably, we must ask ourselves: How can those who ascribe to peaceful beliefs suspend their own moral foundation to beat the drums of war? ... read more
Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccolo Machiavelli
The ruler who has the public as a whole for his enemy can never make himself secure; and the greater his cruelty, the weaker does his regime become.
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