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My dear young friend ... civilization has absolutely no need of nobility or heroism. These things are symptoms of political inefficiency. In a properly organized society like ours, nobody has any opportunities for being noble or heroic. Conditions have got to be thoroughly unstable before the occasion can arise. - Aldous Huxley
Attribution: Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), British novelist. Mustapha Mond, in Brave New World, ch. 17 (1932). As a World Controller in Huxley’s dystopia, Mustapha Mond places social stability above all other values.

Categories: Civilization, Heroes And Heroines, Politics

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