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Old 02-24-12, 07:46 PM   #51
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http://www.wisdomquotes.com/topics/compromise/

Not easy.

Tyranny has been shown bad by history. Democracy has been shown bad by history, the costs of tyranny you see early, the costs of democracy you see late. I do not like both, I no longer claim the one to be better than the other. Functioning for a while both can. Surviving forever none can. But I have to offer no alternative different from saying that man would be well-advised if he immediately becomes sane, reasonable and well-educated.

Maybe it is another reminder that dualism and inner contradiction seems to be a build-in feature of all things that exist.

Could it be that a final, a perfect solution simply does not exist, and cannot exist?

In the end, everybody of us stands for himself only, and it is our conscience only that we need to accept accountability towards. Which can be a one- or two-way dilemma, because our conscience is just this - OUR conscience. Not the others'.
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