"The question of questions for the politicians should……" — Herbert Spencer
"The question of questions for the politicians should ever be-What type of social structure am I tending to produce? But this is a question he never entertains."
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Herbert Spencer
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113 Quotes by Herbert Spencer
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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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That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which…
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What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another.
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Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality – there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one…
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Humour breaks down boundaries, it topples our self-importance, it connects people, and because it engages and entertains, it ultimately enlightens.
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What should we think of someone who never admits error, never entertains doubt but adheres unflinchingly to the same ideas…
— Diane Ravitch
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers...Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He…
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Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with…
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He lies below, correct in cypress wood, And entertains the most exclusive worms.
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There's a great freedom of forms and intonations in Luigi Fontanella's poetry. He doesn't take a strong formal stand; his…
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With engaging prose, Engelman takes readers on a delightful journey?that both entertains and educates ? of modern civilization and women's…
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Adam Roberts is the affable and infectiously curious friend we all wish we had with us in the kitchen—the one…
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Desmo is my guard dog, but he has a sweet side, too. Nothing entertains him (or me) more than when…
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