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If men were but to read the New Testament with the same tone and emphasis, with which they do other books, and were to keep…

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Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice…
The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has…
Man, no doubt, owes many other moral duties to his fellow men; such as to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter…
There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the…
If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never…
No State shall pass any law impairing the [natural] obligation of contracts.
All the great establishments, of every kind, now in the hands of a few proprietors, but employing a great number of wage…
It is self-evident that no number of men, by conspiring, and calling themselves a government, can acquire any rights whatever over other…
Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one man harms…
And the men who loan money to governments, so called, for the purpose of enabling the latter to rob, enslave, and murder…
The Rothschilds, and that class of money-lenders of whom they are the representatives and agents - men who never think of lending…
Our constitutions purport to be established by 'the people,' and, in theory, 'all the people' consent to such government as the constitutions…

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The Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life...The Bible...should be read in our schools… — Benjamin Rush
The whole history of these books (i.e. the Gospels) is so defective and doubtful that it seems vain to attempt minute enquiry… — Thomas Jefferson
All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what… — Studs Terkel
The Bible differs from all other books in that it never wears out. Other books are read and laid aside, but the… — William Jennings Bryan
I liked the thought of being a country clergyman. Accordingly I read with care Pearson on the Creed and a few other… — Charles Darwin
I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic. — Stephen Cole Kleene
I expected higher prices for some books, but [there would be] flexibility for other books, — Eddy Cue
If there was no Bible, it would be no matter whether you could read or not. Reading other books would do you… — Jupiter Hammon
I began to read the Holy Scriptures upon my knees, laying aside all other books, and praying over, if possible, every line… — George Whitefield
I gleaned more practical psychology and psychiatry from the Bible, than from all other books! — George W. Crane
Each of them is a book through which other books dream. (referring to Nodier's SMARRA and TRILBY) — John Clute
The art of injudicious reading, the art of miscellaneous reading which every normal man ought to cultivate, is a very fine and… — Unknown Author

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