Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Quote by Will Durant

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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.

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery...

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

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

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

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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...

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you...

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you...

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...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.