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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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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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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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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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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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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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Government is essentially immoral.
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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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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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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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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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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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