Ignorance of what real learning is, and a consequent suspicion of it; materialism, and a consequent intellectual laxity, both of these have done destructive work in the colleges.

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Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.

Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.

Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.

Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.

Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.

Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.

The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you...

The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you...

Conventional manners are a kind of literacy test for the alien who comes among us.

Conventional manners are a kind of literacy test for the alien who comes among us.

One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than...

One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than...

All violations of essential privacy are brutalizing.

All violations of essential privacy are brutalizing.

There is no morality by instinct. There is no social salvation in the end without...

There is no morality by instinct. There is no social salvation in the end without...

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting...

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting...

Educational legislation nowadays is largely in the hands of illiterate people, and the illiterate will...

Educational legislation nowadays is largely in the hands of illiterate people, and the illiterate will...

The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security...

The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security...

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African...

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African...

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to...

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to...

If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.

If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.

A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years...

A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years...

Today's public opinion, though it may appear as light as air, may be tomorrow's legislation-for...

Today's public opinion, though it may appear as light as air, may be tomorrow's legislation-for...

When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are...

When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are...

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a...

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a...

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It...

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It...

All the legislation in the world will not abolish kissing

All the legislation in the world will not abolish kissing