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Wisdom Quotes · Page 62
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“Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age.”
“Democracy is essentially a political system that recognizes the equality of humans before the law.”
“The free individual has been justified as his own master; the state as his servant.”
“Censorship, in my opinion, is a stupid and shallow way of approaching the solution to any problem.”
“I believe the only way to protect my own rights is to protect the rights of others.”
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
“For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.”
“The history of free men is never really written by chance-but by choice-their choice.”
“Every field, every tree is now budding; now the woods are green, now the year is at its loveliest.”
“Blessed is he who has been able to win knowledge of the causes of things.”
“Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them.”
“Let us not overlook vital things because of the bulk of trifles confronting us.”
“I prefer to reach the few who really want to learn, rather than the many who come to be amused.”
“My lack of faith in the majority is dictated by my faith in the potentialities of the individual.”
“My faith is in the individual and in the capacity of free individuals for united endeavor.”
“When I say I know women, I mean I know that I don't know them.”