In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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More Herbert Spencer Quotes
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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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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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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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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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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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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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Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeavours to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last.
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Government is essentially immoral.
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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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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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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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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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