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← Every effort to realize equality requires a sacrifice of liberty

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 22 Mar 1775 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under patience patience Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Every effort to realize equality requires a sacrifice of liberty Every effort to realize equality requiresa sacrifice of liberty WS William Graham Sumner — holds since c. 1883 — tap for who they are Same subject: Each person should have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with others' liberty — tap to centre the map on it Each person should have an equalright to the most extensive basicliberty compatible with others'liberty JR John Rawls — holds since c. 1971 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing — tap to centre the map on it Agitating for social equality isfolly; progress must come fromconstant struggle, not artificialforcing Last stated 131 years ago 18 Sept 1895 BW Booker T. Washington — holds since 1895-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Equality cannot be stopped, but whether it leads to freedom or servitude depends on each nation — tap to centre the map on it Equality cannot be stopped, butwhether it leads to freedom orservitude depends on each nation AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every restraint on liberty beyond what justice needs is a degree of slavery — tap to centre the map on it Every restraint on liberty beyondwhat justice needs is a degree ofslavery LS Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — tap for who they are Same subject: Liberty is the perfection of civil society, but authority is essential to its existence — tap to centre the map on it Liberty is the perfection of civilsociety, but authority is essentialto its existence DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Liberty of the press may be claimed as a common right of mankind in almost every government — tap to centre the map on it Liberty of the press may be claimedas a common right of mankind inalmost every government DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Liberty never exists in the abstract but attaches to something concrete — tap to centre the map on it Liberty never exists in the abstractbut attaches to something concrete Last stated 252 years ago 22 Mar 1775 EB Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every argument made for property ends up leading to equality — tap to centre the map on it Every argument made for propertyends up leading to equality PP Pierre-Joseph Proudhon — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on AI would be short-sighted, giving up on the problem too early. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on AI would be short-sighted,giving up on the problem too early. Last stated 3 years ago 25 May 2023 NQ Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2023-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A basic rule for better decisions is to slow down, especially when there is an immediate conviction. — tap to centre the map on it A basic rule for better decisions isto slow down, especially when thereis an immediate conviction. Last stated 7 years ago 12 Oct 2019 DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since 2019-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A choice with no immediate payoff is not necessarily a poor one: many extraordinary things come from what is first-order negative and second-order positive. — tap to centre the map on it A choice with no immediate payoff isnot necessarily a poor one: manyextraordinary things come from whatis first-order negative andsecond-order positive. Last stated 11 years ago 12 Apr 2016 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2016-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Every effort to realize equality requires a sacrifice of liberty Last stated c. 1883 Holds William Graham Sumner Read this korrent →