Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
HERBERT SPENCERIn science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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