Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

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.

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...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

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...

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...

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.

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

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...

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.

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...

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

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...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our...

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our...