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Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species.


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He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.



Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.



Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.



Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.



The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.



The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.



Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.



The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

The wise man is satisfied with nothing.



The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.



To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.

To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.





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