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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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.

How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear...

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear...

An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire...

An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire...

Every cause produces more than one effect.

Every cause produces more than one effect.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one...

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one...

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...

A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes...

A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes...

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it...

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it...

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

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...

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...

When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the...

When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the...

Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance

Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance

Education has for its object the formation of character.

Education has for its object the formation of character.

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a...

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a...

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly...

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly...

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance.

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance.

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

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

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...