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- I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions…
- I shall not fear to say that the doctrine of self-interest rightly understood seems to me of all the philosophic theories the most appropriate to…
- I see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs.
- The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth,…
- Amongst democratic nations men easily attain a certain equality of conditions: they can never attain the equality they desire. It perpetually retires from before them,…
- The electors see their representative not only as a legislator for the state but also as the natural protector of local interests in the legislature;…
- It is easy to see that, even in the freedom of early youth, an American girl never quite loses control of herself; she enjoys all…
- Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time…
- The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours…
- As I see it, only God can be all-powerful without danger, because his wisdom and justice are always equal to his power. Thus there is…
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