A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance.

Quote by Herbert Spencer

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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Government is essentially immoral.

Government is essentially immoral.

All socialism involves slavery

All socialism involves slavery

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action

The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must...

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must...

Every cause produces more than one effect.

Every cause produces more than one effect.

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

Education has for its object the formation of character.

Education has for its object the formation of character.

In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.

In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one...

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one...

What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.

What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear...

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear...

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even...

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even...

Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of...

Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of...

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to...

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to...

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it...

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it...

The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite,...

The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite,...

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the...

When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the...