Democratic socialism turns out to be an inherently unstable compound, a contradiction in terms. Every social-democratic party, once in power, soon finds itself choosing, at one point after another, between the socialist society it aspires to and the liberal society that lathered it.
Irving Kristol, as quoted in “Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy: A Symposium,” edited by William Barrett, Commentary (1978).
There is evil! It’s actual, like cement.
Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle (1962).
Logic and truth are two very different things, but they often look the same to the mind that’s performing the logic.
Theodore Sturgeon, More Than Human (1953).
Dilemma of a civilized man; body mobilized but danger obscure.
Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle (1962).
When we lack the will to see things as they really are, there is nothing so mystifying as the obvious.
Irving Kristol, “‘When virtue loses all her loveliness’ — some reflections on Capitalism and ‘the free society,’” National Affairs, No. 21, Fall 1970.
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.
Philip K. Dick, speech, “How To Build A Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later” (1978).