I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely…

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Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.

Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of...

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of...

There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of...

There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of...

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to...

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to...

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation....

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation....

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax...

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax...

In politics... shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

In politics... shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet...

Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet...

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive...

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive...

Life is to entered upon with courage.

Life is to entered upon with courage.

He was as great as a man can be without morality.

He was as great as a man can be without morality.

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged...

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged...

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no...

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no...

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely...

'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the...

We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the...

If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep...

If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep...