Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
DEMOSTHENESWhat a man wishes, he will believe.
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The man who flies shall fight again.
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As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.
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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.
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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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The more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
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It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man’s thought must always follow his employment.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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