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17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 3 Nov 1787 to 1 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under education education Everything filed under America America Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under government government Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under war war Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: When the country's entire safety is at stake, no consideration of justice, mercy or honour should intervene When the country's entire safety is atstake, no consideration of justice, mercyor honour should intervene NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every citizen belongs to the state, not to any individual, and should regard the good of the whole — tap to centre the map on it Every citizen belongs to the state,not to any individual, and shouldregard the good of the whole AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Freedom of judgment can be granted without harming public peace, and without it neither piety nor peace is secure — tap to centre the map on it Freedom of judgment can be grantedwithout harming public peace, andwithout it neither piety nor peaceis secure BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: The nation should finish the war with malice toward none and charity for all, and seek a just and lasting peace — tap to centre the map on it The nation should finish the warwith malice toward none and charityfor all, and seek a just and lastingpeace Last stated 162 years ago 4 Mar 1865 AL Abraham Lincoln — holds since 1865-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: No constitutional limits can wisely be placed on the power charged with national safety — tap to centre the map on it No constitutional limits can wiselybe placed on the power charged withnational safety Last stated 239 years ago 18 Dec 1787 AH Alexander Hamilton — holds since 1787-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Self-restraint, though essential to every society, can ruin it when carried to excess — tap to centre the map on it Self-restraint, though essential toevery society, can ruin it whencarried to excess TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Providing for their safety is the first object of a wise and free people — tap to centre the map on it Providing for their safety is thefirst object of a wise and freepeople Last stated 239 years ago 3 Nov 1787 JJ John Jay — holds since 1787-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: On AI the state's job does not stop at safety; leaving everything else to the market is a mistake. — tap to centre the map on it On AI the state's job does not stopat safety; leaving everything elseto the market is a mistake. Last stated 2 years ago 13 Jan 2025 KS Keir Starmer — holds since 2025-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anyone who honestly opposes a multitude's wrongdoing in public life will not survive; a fighter for right needs a private station — tap to centre the map on it Anyone who honestly opposes amultitude's wrongdoing in publiclife will not survive; a fighter forright needs a private station SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it A better school looks more like theold-fashioned schoolhouse than likeproject work; the more schoolresembles free play, the worse itgets. Last stated 5 months ago 27 May 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A billboard buys only short, shallowawareness, so it does not work foreducation or for a startup beforeproduct-market fit. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 EK Emily Kramer — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A clear explanation alone does not usually make people understand a scientific idea. — tap to centre the map on it A clear explanation alone does notusually make people understand ascientific idea. Last stated 9 years ago 3 Dec 2017 AS Alom Shaha — holds since 2017-12-03 — 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 Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on diesel exports would raiseoverall fuel prices and damageAmerica's energy superpower status. Last stated a month ago 1 Oct 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports ismore likely to raise prices thanlower them. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 JM Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre When the country's entire safety is at stake, no consideration of justice, mercy or honour should intervene Last stated c. 1514–1519 Holds Niccolò Machiavelli Read this korrent →