If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such.

Quote by William Godwin

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Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore.

To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore.

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the...

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the...

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.

The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal...

The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal...

Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect...

Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect...

One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings...

One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings...

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery...

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery...

Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.

Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety...

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety...

Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil.

Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil.

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument,...

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument,...

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act...

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act...

He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it....

He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it....

Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life...

Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life...

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy...

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy...

There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination.

There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination.

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is...

In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is...