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Those who yearn for the end of capitalism should pray for government by men who believe that all positive action is inimical to what they… — John Kenneth Galbraith
I think that the principle of the Conservative Party is jealousy of liberty and of the people , only qualified by fear ; but I… — William E. Gladstone
Few things in life can be so appalling as the difference between a dry antiseptic statement of a principle by a well spoken man in… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The history of mankind is a romance, a mask, a tragedy, constructed upon the principles of POETICAL JUSTICE; it is a noble or royal hunt,… — William Hazlitt
The first principle is that you must not fool yourselfâ€”and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about… — Richard P. Feynman
Close reading of tough-minded writing is still the best, cheapest, and quickest method known for learning to think for yourself... Reading, and rigorous discussion of… — John Taylor Gatto
The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on… — Bill Vaughan
Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete. — Charles Krauthammer
I mean that it is more natural for me to be wicked than virtuous, when I do a bad act, and I've done many, I… — Louisa May Alcott
Conservatism, we are told, is out-of-date. This charge is preposterous and we ought to boldly say so. The laws of God, and of nature, have… — Barry Goldwater
The myriad-minded man, our, and all men's, Shakespeare, has in this piece presented us with a legitimate farce in exactest consonance with the philosophical principles… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable. It is no doubt a sublimer effort of genius than the Greek style; but then… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The new tinge to modern minds is a vehement and passionate interest in the relation of general principles to irreducible and stubborn facts. All the… — Alfred North Whitehead
A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into a tyranny; it… — Simon Bolivar
The conflict between the principle of liberty and the fact of slavery is coming gradually to an issue. Slavery has now the power, and falls… — John Quincy Adams
There still remains one effort of magnanimity, one sacrifice of prejudice and passion, to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have heretofore… — John Quincy Adams
Slavery is the great and foul stain upon the North American Union... A dissolution, at least temporary, of the Union, as now constituted, would now… — John Quincy Adams
The problem of living in this modern world is the problem of finding room in it. The crowd principle is so universally at work through… — Gerald Stanley Lee
In principle the first thing on the stream would be my birth certificate, a little electronic version of that, my parents would put my school… — David Gelernter
When it comes to the environment and global warming from emissions, it has to be dealt with in one of two ways - preemptive regulations,… — Ron Paul

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