Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

Quote by Will Durant

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Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative...

Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

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...

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

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

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.

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

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

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

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...