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← Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty, and enthusiasm a friend to it

17 connected korrents · 7 moments from 22 Mar 1775 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under gender equality gender equality Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under journalism journalism Everything filed under America America Everything filed under hiring hiring Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty, and enthusiasm a friend to it Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty,and enthusiasm a friend to it DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Superstition is a great enemy of humankind, but bigotry is worse — tap to centre the map on it Superstition is a great enemy ofhumankind, but bigotry is worse Last stated 133 years ago 19 Sept 1893 SV Swami Vivekananda — holds since 1893-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: The superstitious are to swindlers what slaves are to tyrants — tap to centre the map on it The superstitious are to swindlerswhat slaves are to tyrants VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: Society needs protection from the tyranny of prevailing opinion, not only from the tyranny of rulers — tap to centre the map on it Society needs protection from thetyranny of prevailing opinion, notonly from the tyranny of rulers JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1859 — tap for who they are Same subject: Democracy’s one real enemy may be civilization itself — tap to centre the map on it Democracy’s one real enemy may becivilization itself GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1910 — tap for who they are Same subject: Women owe their liberty to no religion; their religious nature has always been perverted to subject them — tap to centre the map on it Women owe their liberty to noreligion; their religious nature hasalways been perverted to subjectthem ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Press freedom earns approval more for the evils it prevents than the good it ensures — tap to centre the map on it Press freedom earns approval morefor the evils it prevents than thegood it ensures AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1835 — tap for who they are Same subject: Oppose church lawmakers, but keep their rules alongside the weak so as not to offend them — tap to centre the map on it Oppose church lawmakers, but keeptheir rules alongside the weak so asnot to offend them ML Martin Luther — holds since c. 1520 — tap for who they are Same subject: Arguing against American liberty forces Britain to undermine its own freedom — tap to centre the map on it Arguing against American libertyforces Britain to undermine its ownfreedom Last stated 252 years ago 22 Mar 1775 EB Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly name systematic disadvantage, not merely prejudice against anyone. — tap to centre the map on it 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly namesystematic disadvantage, not merelyprejudice against anyone. Last stated 13 years ago 25 May 2013 AS Alom Shaha — holds since 2013-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority. — tap to centre the map on it "Diversity" in practice means aimingfor fewer white men in positions ofauthority. Last stated 7 years ago 19 Nov 2019 JP Jordan Peterson — holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ballot law unfair to either race injures whites more lastingly than Black citizens — tap to centre the map on it A ballot law unfair to either raceinjures whites more lastingly thanBlack citizens BW Booker T. Washington — holds since c. 1899 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on AI is unlikely. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on AI is unlikely. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jul 2026 JH John Horgan — holds since 2026-07-18 — 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 border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer. — tap to centre the map on it A border wall through Big Bend wouldbe a monument to corruption thatmakes no one safer. Last stated 4 months ago 13 Jul 2026 JT James Talarico — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first advantage of sexual equality is having the most universal human relation governed by justice — tap to centre the map on it A first advantage of sexual equalityis having the most universal humanrelation governed by justice JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861–1869 — tap for who they are Same subject: A home that holds women at a primitive level holds back those who keep them there — tap to centre the map on it A home that holds women at aprimitive level holds back those whokeep them there CG Charlotte Perkins Gilman — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: A state that makes sex a voting qualification passes a bill of attainder or ex post facto law and violates the Constitution — tap to centre the map on it A state that makes sex a votingqualification passes a bill ofattainder or ex post facto law andviolates the Constitution SA Susan B. Anthony — holds since c. 1873 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty, and enthusiasm a friend to it Last stated c. 1741–1776 Holds David Hume Read this korrent →