Rummel Quotes

#1. We have a solution for war. It is to expand the sphere of liberty.

Rudolph Rummel

#2. Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.

Rudolph Rummel

#3. I have never seen faces, but because I have looked people in the eye, only their gazes.

Arnold Schoenberg

#4. Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.

Rudolph Rummel

#5. Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom.

Rudolph Rummel

#6. If only we wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

Montesquieu

#7. Publishers are looking for blockbusters - all the world loves a megaseller.

John Updike

#8. We know all along that time is squeezing us into a corner while we mentally rocket to each new star that flares across our sky, and yet we can't help ourselves.

Seymour Krim

#9. Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius.

Linda Blair

#10. Adam was placed in Paradise in perfect estate, and in the company of God's angels; God walked and did talk with him. He heard the voice, and beheld the presence of God.

John Jewel

#11. The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking power. This means to foster democratic freedom.

Rudolph Rummel