Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
HERBERT SPENCERThe preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
More Herbert Spencer Quotes
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Government is essentially immoral.
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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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