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sunset long loser
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
reality justice political
Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
peace men hands
And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.
nature moving science
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
history suffering penalties
History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
country freedom equality
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
past rivers gold
The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.
history branches method
History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular mode and method of knowledge in other branches.
history opinion disputes
History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
children men greek
Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all men are free; they are citizens of the universal commonwealth which embraces all the world, brethren of one family, and children of God.
country class ideas
Whenever a single definite object is made the supreme end of the State, be it the advantage of a class, the safety of the power of the country, the greatest happiness of the greatest number, or the support of any speculative idea, the State becomes for the time inevitably absolute. Liberty alone demands for its realization the limitation of the public authority, for liberty is the only object which benefits all alike, and provokes no sincere opposition.
fall writing details
Writers the most learned, the most accurate in details, and the soundest in tendency, frequently fall into a habit which can neither be cured nor pardoned,-the habit of making history into the proof of their theories.
country falling-in-love peace
Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.
character men personality
Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.