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- A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)
- There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence.
- Francis Jeffrey (1773 - 1850)
- The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
- Diogenes Laertius
- All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based...Let him who elevates himself above humanity, above its weaknesses, its infirmities, its wants, its necessities, say, if he pleases, I will never compromise; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromises.
- Henry Clay (1777 - 1852)
- There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of economic insecurity.
- Chester Bowles (1901 - 1986)
- Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth the way.
- Hosea Ballou (1796 - 1861)
- The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
- Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877)
- The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class. It is not the realization of a political ideal; it is the discharge of a moral obligation.
- John Dalberg
- Study the past if you would define the future.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
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