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- The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior of those who are not, so…
- A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath…
- It is the fate of all things to ripen, and then to decay.
- The demagogue is usually sly, a detractor of others, a professor of humility and disinterestedness, a great stickler for equality as respects all above him,…
- In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Diety, and with erecting temples in…
- The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
- The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political authority,…
- I do not pretend that all that white men do is properly Christianized...
- We are all human, and all do wrong.
- All greatness of character is dependent on individuality.
- Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to publick…
- All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around…
- All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to…
- A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own…
- God planted the seeds of all the trees," continued Hetty, after a moment's pause, "and you see to what a height and shade they have…
- tis hard to live in a world where all look upon you as below them.
- The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal.
- The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.
- The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so…
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- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle