Once the philosophical foundation of democracy has collapsed, the statement that dictatorship is bad is rationally valid only for those who are not i…

- Max Horkheimer

When even the dictators of today appeal to reason, they mean that they possess the most tanks. They were rational enough to build them; others should…

- Max Horkheimer

The more the concept of reason becomes emasculated, the more easily it lends itself to ideological manipulation and to propagation of even the most b…

- Max Horkheimer

Reason as an organ for perceiving the true nature of reality and determining the guiding principles of our lives has come to be regarded as obsolete.

- Max Horkheimer

When the great religious and philosophical conceptions were alive, thinking people did not extol humility and brotherly love, justice and humanity be…

- Max Horkheimer

Philosophy is overwhelmingly complicated, its procedure depressingly slow.

- Max Horkheimer

Whoever desires to live among men has to obey their laws this is what the secular morality of Western civilization comes down to. ... Rationality in …

- Max Horkheimer

Whoever is not prepared to talk about capitalism should also remain silent about fascism.

- Max Horkheimer

In most cases, to be reasonable means not to be obstinate, which in turn points to conformity with reality as it is. The principle of adjustment is t…

- Max Horkheimer