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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

G. K. Chesterton

Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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Difference Disguise Ignorance Name Partial
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Action God Knowledge Myself Practice
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
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Around Death Democracy Tradition Vote Walk
Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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Enough Place Removal Yourself
Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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Lost Love Realization
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Ourselves Philosophy Phone Science Talk
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Gratitude Thankful Thinking
The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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Establishment Myself Religion Rule Wild
There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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Call Hate Love Religion Secularism
A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
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Courage Face Himself Ideas Person Wisdom
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Argument Hate Interrupt Myself Session
The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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Exception Fact Knowledge Missing
Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Complex Issues Moral Principle Terrible
We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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Fear God Man Scare Thinking
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Choice Gratitude Life Yourself

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