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

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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...

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

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

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

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...

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...