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In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent,...
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The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone the civilized man to...
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There has never been a perfect government, because men have passions and if they...
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It’s tough watching a good idea lose because its backers are less eloquent or...
Quote #27833
The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.
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To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
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Our ability to delude ourselves may be an important survival tool.
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The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is...
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A great preservative against angry and mutinous thoughts, and all impatience and quarreling, is...
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Let me leap out of the frying-pan into the fire or, out of God’s...