George Bancroft
George Bancroft

All is nevertheless one whole; individuals, families, peoples, the race, march in accord with the Divine will; and when any part of the destiny of humanity is fulfilled, we see the ways of Providence vindicated. The antagonisms of imperfect matter and the perfect idea, of liberty and necessary law, become reconciled. What seemed irrational confusion, appears as the web woven by light, liberty and

love.

Benjamin Barber
Benjamin Barber

Truly to be free, my choices must truly be mine—must accord with the me” with which I associate my core identity. I must make them in keeping with rational life plans. They cannot be triggered by invisible external or covert influences; they must make manifest a will that is unfettered yet rationally informed by life plans.

Yossi Beilin
Yossi Beilin

…The ultimate test of this agreement will be a test of blood… If it becomes clear that they [the Palestinians] cannot overcome terror, this will be temporary accord and… we will have no choice but to abrogate it… And if there is no choice, the IDF will return to the places it is about to leave in the upcoming months.

Henri Bergson
Henri Bergson

D'une manière générale, la réalité est ordonnée dans l'exacte mesure où elle satisfait notre pensée. L'ordre est donc un certain accord entre le sujet et l'objet. C'est l'esprit se retrouvant dans les choses.

Basile de Césarée
Basile de Césarée

When the mind is not dissipated upon extraneous things, nor diffused over the world about us through the senses, it withdraws within itself, and of its own accord ascends to the contemplation of God.

Juan Donoso Cortés
Juan Donoso Cortés

The Socialistic schools, prescinding from the barbarous multitudes which follow them, and considered in their doctors and masters, are far superior to the Liberal school, just because they go straight to all the great problems and questions, and because they always propose a peremptory and decisive solution. Socialism is strong, only because it is a theology; and it is destructive, only because it

is a satanic theology. The Socialistic schools, in as much as they are theological, will prevail over the Liberal school, in as much as it is anti-theological and sceptical; and inasmuch as they are satanic, they will succumb before the Catholic school, which is at once theological and divine. Their instincts must be in accord with our assertions, if we consider that they treasure up their hatred

for Catholicism, while they have only contempt for Liberalism.

Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley

The Magician must be wary in his use of his powers; he must make every act not only accord with his Will, but with the properties of his position at the time.

Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple

Mere absurdity has never prevented the triumph of bad ideas, if they accord with easily aroused fantasies of an existence freed of human limitations.

Eugene Victor Debs
Eugene Victor Debs

I not a bit of use for the "propaganda of the deed."These are the tactics of anarchist individualists and not of socialist collectivists. They were developed by and belong exclusively to our anarchist friends and accord perfectly with their philosophy. These and similar measures are reactionary, not revolutionary, and they invariably have a demoralizaing effect upon the following of those who

practice them. If I believed in the doctrine of violence and destruction as part policy; if I regarded te class struggle as guerilla warfare, I would join the anarchists and practice as well as preach such tactics.

Paul Henri Thiry d'Holbach
Paul Henri Thiry d'Holbach

L’Évangile n’est qu’un Roman Oriental dégoûtant pour tout homme de bon sens, et qui ne semble s’adresser qu’à des ignorants, des stupides, des gens de la lie du peuple, les seuls qu’il puisse séduire. La critique n’y trouve nulle liaison dans les faits, nul accord dans les circonstances, nulle suite dans les principes, nulle uniformité dans les récits. Quatre hommes greffiers

et sans lettres passent pour les véritables auteurs des mémoires qui contiennent la vie de Jésus-Christ; c’est sur leur témoignage que les Chrétiens se croient obligés d’admettre la Religion qu’ils professent, et d’adopter sans examen les faits les plus contradictoires, les actions les plus incroyables, les prodiges les plus étonnants, le système le plus décousu, la doctrine la

plus inintelligible, les mystères les plus révoltants!