When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

Quote by Will Durant

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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...

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...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

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

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

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...

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...

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

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...

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...

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

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...

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...

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...

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...

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but...

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of...

There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of...