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Alexander Hamilton
It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny their figure deformity.
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William Orville Douglas
Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others.
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Vachel Lindsay
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.
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Samuel Johnson
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.
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Luther Standing Bear
Civilization has been thrust upon me... and it has not added one whit to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity.
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Unknown
Through the doors of perception Down the corridors of uncertainty Into the room of self doubt Opens the window of opportunity.
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Albert E. Cliffe
We get new ideas from God every hour of our day when we put our trust in Him -- but we have to follow that inspiration up with perspiration -- we have to work to prove our faith. Remember that the bee that hangs around the hive never gets any honey.
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Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.
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Confucius
He who will not economize will have to agonize.
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Heywood
Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.
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