"A jury is a group of twelve people…" — Herbert Spencer
"A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance"
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113 Quotes by Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer has 113 quotes on this site.
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During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art.
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Organs, faculties, powers, capacities, or whatever else we call them; grow by use and diminish from disuse, it is inferred…
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When you take comprehensive, then we're dealing with certain issues like full citizenship ... And whatever else we disagree on,…
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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the…
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Mental power cannot be got from ill-fed brains.
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A nation's institutions and beliefs are determined by it's character.
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No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the…
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The existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought ... Amid the mysteries which become…
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If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less…
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A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that…
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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members - not the members for the benefit of society.
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I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.
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There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.
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Just to keep up with population growth, on average our economy needs to be adding about 125,000 jobs per month.
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