Quote by Daniel Dennett

In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage to tolerate, for the sake of a free society, a level of risk we hardly ever imagined in the past.

In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our

Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance of embracing courage in order to uphold a free society. It suggests that we should not only admire the bravery displayed by our heroes but also embody it ourselves. To maintain freedom, we must be willing to tolerate a certain level of risk, even if it surpasses the risks encountered in the past. This implies that progress requires us to be open to new challenges, take calculated risks, and remain steadfast in our commitment to a free and just society.

Topics

By Daniel Dennett

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous c

The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that every

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.

George Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren

Tolerance implies a gratuitous assumption of the inferiority

Tolerance implies a gratuitous assumption of the inferiority of other faiths to one's own

As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on you

As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage.

Yeah, I think everybody has the crises of questioning themse

Yeah, I think everybody has the crises of questioning themselves at some point or other in their lives. Is this where I should live? The job I should have? The girl I should be dating? Is this the friend I should have?

As much money and life as you could want! The two things mos

As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.

Wisdom Life Money Immortality Choices Eternal Life Human Desire

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surpri

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

Charles de Gaulle

If you have the same ideas as everybody else but have them o

If you have the same ideas as everybody else but have them one week earlier than everyone else then you will be hailed as a visionary. But if you have them five years earlier you will be named a lunatic.

Conversation enriches the understanding; but solitude is the

Conversation enriches the understanding; but solitude is the school of genius.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've never dropped anyone I believed in.

I've never dropped anyone I believed in.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

Winston Churchill

Failure, it is thought, is what sells, and what people want

Failure, it is thought, is what sells, and what people want to hear and read about. I am not so sure.

Alastair Campbell