Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.

Quote by Will Durant

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Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

If it be a question of words and names - I will be no judge...

If it be a question of words and names - I will be no judge...

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages...

If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages...