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We are the not the best informed as the events of the last sixty centuries.
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Best Century Event Inform Last Sixty
There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.
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Age Cure Little Money Not Nothing Socialism Will
Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.
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Basis Even Excess Government Perish Principle Tend
When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.
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Become Dictatorship Liberty License Near
Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.
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Less Memory Mother Penetrate Reasoning Seat Sooner Spank Take Time Tired
Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.
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Begin Choas Civilization Die Grow Liberty Order
Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.
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Become Free Law Man Recognize Subject
Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
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Banker History Hoard Inflammatory Know Last Man Money Thing Wise
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
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Activity Civilization Culture Freedom Oldest Promote
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
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Always Clever Good History Lesson Nothing Often One Say Thing
The family is the nucleus of civilization.
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Civilization Family Nucleus One Liner
I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.
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Adequate Against Fanned Flame Hasty Income Magazine Mutual
If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous.
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Anarchist Ask Case For Law Man Many Need Neighbour Own Privately Superfluous Sure Think Unphilosphical
There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.
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Been Eight Free Hundred Only Past Sixty Two War Year
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
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Fera Hope Mind Most People Rather Think Trouble
Inquiry is fatal to certainty.
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Certainty Fatal Inquiry
Education is the transmission of civilization.
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Civilization Education Transmission
It may be true that you can’t fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
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All Country Enough Fool Large May People Rule Time True
Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
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Adjust Code Condition Environment Moral Themselves
Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
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Continue Declaration Independence Make Nature never Read Unequal
The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.
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Another Answer Bother Human Being Interest Know Last Most never Question Raise Suffer Thing Wonder World
We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours.
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Best Country Earth Event Four Hour Inform Last People Twenty We
As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.
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Anarchy As Complete Die Liberty Soon
Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.
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Always Clever Good Nothing Often Say Thing
The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.
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Amn Compare Love Old Our Superficial Wife Youth
Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
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Ago Discovery Education Everything Ignorance Knew Know Now Own Progressive Sixty Yera
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
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Change Civilization Consent Exist Geological Notice Subject

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