Natural rights Quotes by Theodore Parker

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First there is the democratic idea: that all men are endowed by their creator with certain natural rights; that these rights are alienable only by the possessor thereof; that they are equal in men; that government is to organize these…

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That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.

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Every man has at times in his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but is not. This ideal may be high and…

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I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I…

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For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue.

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Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and knew that victory for mankind depended on our bravery, strength, and skill. When we do that, the humblest of us will be…

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Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body.

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Science is the natural ally of religion.

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The lottery of honest labor, drawn by time, is the only one whose prizes are worth taking up and carrying home.

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The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties.

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The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

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Mankind never loses any good thing, physical, intellectual, or moral, till it finds a better, and then the loss is a gain. No steps…

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Manly natural religion - it is not joining the Church; it is not to believe in a creed, Hebrew, Protestant, Catholic, Trinitarian, Unitarian, Nothingarian. It is not to keep Sunday idle; to attend meetings; to be wet with water; to read the Bible; to offer prayers in words; to take bread and wine in the meeting house; love a scape-goat…

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