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.
HERBERT SPENCERWe do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
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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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The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
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Government is essentially immoral.
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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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Love is life’s end, but never ending. Love is life’s wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love’s life’s reward, rewarded in rewarding.
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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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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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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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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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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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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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