Creeds Quote by Noah Webster

“Let us reject the spirit of making proselytes to particular creeds by any other means than persuasion.” quote by Noah Webster — Download Open image

“Let us reject the spirit of making proselytes to particular creeds by any other means than persuasion.”

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In the formation of such a government, it is not only the right, but the indispensable duty of every citizen to examine the principles…

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The freedom of the press is a valuable privilege; but the abuse of it, in this country, is a frightful evil. The licentiousness of…

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EDUCATION, n. The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is…

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The education of youth, an employment of more consequence than making laws and preaching the gospel, because it lays the foundation on which both…

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Every civil government is based upon some religion or philosophy of life. Education in a nation will propagate the religion of that nation. In…

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The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more…

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It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important…

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[T]he Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis, or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government. . . . and I…

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An immense effect may be produced by small powers wisely and steadily directed.

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The Moral Law is summarily contained in the Decalogue or Ten Commandments; written by the finger of God on two tablets of stone, and…

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It is the sincere desire of the writer that our citizens should early understand that the genuine source of correct republican principles is the…

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Knowledge, learning, talents are not necessarily connected with sound moral and political principles… And eminent abilities, accompanied with depravity of heart, render the possessor…

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Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. With this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degradation…

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When indeed shall we learn that we are all related one to the other, that we are all members of one body? Until the…

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But there are times when men have serious thoughts, and it is at such times, when they begin to think, that they begin to…

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As in the instances of alchemy, astrology, witchcraft, and other such popular creeds, political economy, has a plausible idea at the root of it.

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People frequently ask me why I devote so much time to seeking out facts about man’s past…the past shows clearly that we all have…

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As men's habits of mind differ, so that some more readily embrace one form of faith, some another, for what moves one to pray…

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... what we should be looking for is fresh ideas of how we make moral decisions about our dealings with one another, economic, social,…

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The history of woman is the history of the continued and universal oppression of one sex by the other. The emancipation of woman is…

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Hinduism... gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible dogma, set up…

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