The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population -- the intelligent ones or the fools? I think we can agree it's the fools, no matter where you go in this world, it's the fools that form the overwhelming majority.
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Absolute power turns its possessors not into a God but an anti-God. For God turned clay into men, while the read more
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What doth it profit a man if he gains the who world and loses his own soul?
What is possible is our highest duty.
What is possible is our highest duty.
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Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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A lot of fellows nowadays have a B. A., M. D., or Ph. D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J. O. B.
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The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
..the Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes read more
..the Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of things. It declares the inalienable rights of man not only against all government but also against the people collectively.
