I. F. Stone Quotes on Politics
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There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas - every idea subverts the old to make way for the new. To shut off subversion is to shut off peaceful progress and to invite revolution and war.
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All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.
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Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.