The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature - a type nowhere at present existing.

Quote by Herbert Spencer

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Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever...

Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever...

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to...

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to...

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even...

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even...

The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action

The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action

A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be...

A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be...

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the...

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the...

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of...

Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of...

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious

Marriage: A word which should be pronounced mirage.

Marriage: A word which should be pronounced mirage.

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must...

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must...

Every cause produces more than one effect.

Every cause produces more than one effect.

Science is organized knowledge.

Science is organized knowledge.

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.

Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and...

Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and...

Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.

Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.

The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite,...

The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite,...

We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced

We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced

All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved

All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome