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Quote by Albert Camus
Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficie

Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and historical tasks is an actual or potential assassin. – Albert Camus

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More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure. – Albert Camus

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Individuality
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Albert Camus
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Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. – Albert Camus

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History
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If you take away ideology, you are left with a case by case ethics which in practice ends up as me first, me only, and in rampant greed. – Richard A. Nelson

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Ideology

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality, ideologies of consent and not of rebellion. – Albert Camus

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Ideology

There are no more ideologies in the authentic sense of false consciousness, only advertisements for the world through its duplication and the provocative lie which does not seek belief but commands silence. – Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno

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Ideology

Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each others nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed. – Rebecca West

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Ideology

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I dont think business news is just for old white men with money. – Neil Cavuto

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