Government is essentially immoral.
HERBERT SPENCERA jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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When a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
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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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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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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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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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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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