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James F. Cooper has 73 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed.
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Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports…
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Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in…
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Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations…
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Individuality is the aim of political liberty
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Perfection is always found in maturity, whether it be in the animal or in the intellectual world. Reflection is the mother of…
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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…
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The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.
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No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
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Principles . . . become modified in practice, by facts.
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Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.
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When I talk about forgiveness, I mean letting go, not excusing the other person or reconciling with them or condoning the behavior.…
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What could ever be a sufficient reason for excusing in any way the direct murder of the innocent? This is precisely what…
— Pope Pius XI
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We live in a world of transgressions and selfishness, and no pictures that represent us otherwise can be true; though happily for…
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Blaming others is excusing yourself.
— Robin Sharma
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Blaming others is nothing more than excusing yourself..
— Robin Sharma
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The fruit of our labors is sweet when the work is consecrated to God. But we have to be able to weather…
— Elaine L. Jack
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Forgiving is tough. Excusing is easy. What a mistake it is to confuse forgiving with being mushy, soft, gutless, and oh, so…
— Lewis B. Smedes
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And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse, As patches set upon a little breach,…
— William Shakespeare
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HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly…
— J C Ryle
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Forgiveness does not mean excusing.
— C.S. Lewis
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Excusing bad programming is a shooting offence, no matter what the circumstances.
— Linus Torvalds
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