Only a free society... Can produce the technology that makes tyranny possible.

John Keith Laumer

More information about this quote

Topic

Technological progress

Author

John Keith Laumer

Genre

Science fiction

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Laumer, John Keith. "Test to Destruction." Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison. Doubleday, 1967.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by John Keith Laumer about technological progress: “Only a free society... Can produce the technology that makes…”
Download
A quote by John Keith Laumer about technological progress: “Only a free society... Can produce the technology that makes…”
Download
A quote by John Keith Laumer about technological progress: “Only a free society... Can produce the technology that makes…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1960s

In other words, the First Amendment has a penumbra where privacy is protected from governmental intrusion.

William O. Douglas

Grisworld v. Connecticut

Read this opinion at supreme.justia.com.
More information about this quote
Topic
First Amendment Constitutional law

Author

William O. Douglas
Source
Grisworld v. Connecticut
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Douglas, William O. United States, Supreme Court. Griswold v. Connecticut. United States Reports, vol. 381, 7 June 1965, pp. 479–531. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/381/479/.

Another quote from the following genre Science fiction

You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Morpheus

The Matrix

Watch The Matrix at Amazon Watch The Matrix at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Ignorance is bliss Red pill Knowledge
Speaker
Morpheus
Actor
Laurence Fishburne
Source
The Matrix
Medium
Film
Genre
Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action
Language
English
Time
1999 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Matrix. Directed by The Wachowskis. Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures, 1999.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on.

Heraclitus

Buy Heraclitus' Fragments at Amazon Buy Heraclitus' Fragments at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
The only constant is change Change Rivers

Author

Heraclitus
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B12.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, DK B12.