Government is essentially immoral.
HERBERT SPENCERAn 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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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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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.
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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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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.
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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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