All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.

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True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.

True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.

The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good,...

The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good,...

Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice.

Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice.

All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have...

All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have...

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have...

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have...

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men...

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men...

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but,...

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but,...

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to...

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to...

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are...

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are...

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying...

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying...

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting...

There is nothing permanent except change.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

As long as we can see the same sky, breathe the same air, step on...

As long as we can see the same sky, breathe the same air, step on...

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact...

It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...