Rudolph Rummel Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

9 Famous Quotes by Rudolph Rummel
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“The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking power. This means to foster democratic freedom.”
Genocide Quotes
“Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.”
Politics / government Quotes
“We have a solution for war. It is to expand the sphere of liberty.”
Politics / government Quotes
“Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom.”
Politics / government Quotes
“Power kills, absolute power kills absolutely.”
Politics / government Quotes
“The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking power. This means to foster democratic freedom.”
Politics / government Quotes
“Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.”
Politics / government Quotes
“Our knowledge and our ability to handle our problems progress through the open conflict of ideas, through the tests of phenomenological adequacy, inner consistency, and practical-moral consequences. Reason may err, but it can be moral. If we must err, let it be on the side of our creativity, our freedom, our betterment.”
Psychological subjects Quotes
“To gauge the understanding and insight that metaphysics provides is to ask whether, in the final analysis, it helps us to cope with our world and harmonize our existence with nature, humanity, and ourselves, and leads to greater freedom and self-realization. Metaphysics is only the beginning. The end is human progress.”
Society Quotes
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