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We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than read more
The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.
It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.
It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.
No nation has friends only interests
No nation has friends only interests
Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated read more
Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the read more
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were . . .
To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who read more
To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of the importance of their gifts, and who are irresponsible in the application of their art: they
Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for read more
Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of God
A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society
A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society
