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Principle III: Presumptive rights are the conditions under which individual powers normally develop.


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Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.

Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.



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We cannot swing up a rope which is attached only to our own belt.



Where men cannot freely convey their thoughts to one another, no other liberty is secure.

Where men cannot freely convey their thoughts to one another, no other liberty is secure.



Mr. Rihani, we met once a thousand years ago and we may not meet again for another thousand years.

Mr. Rihani, we met once a thousand years ago and we may not meet again for another thousand years.



And indeed, no man has found his religion until he has found that for which he must sell his goods and his life.

And indeed, no man has found his religion until he has found that for which he must sell his goods and his life.



Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.




Principle I: Legal rights are presumptive rights.

Principle I: Legal rights are presumptive rights.



Without good-will, no man has any presumptive right, except the right or opportunity to change his will, so long as there is hope of it.

Without good-will, no man has any presumptive right, except the right or opportunity to change his will, so long as there is hope of it.



No religion is a true religion that does not make men tingle to their finger tips with a sense of infinite hazard.

No religion is a true religion that does not make men tingle to their finger tips with a sense of infinite hazard.





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If we don’t know who we are, we conceal our true selves and bear their brand



Right now I feel that I've got my feet on the ground as far as my head is concerned.

Right now I feel that I've got my feet on the ground as far as my head is concerned.



Secrecy can spring from the best motives; but as it grows it begins to exist only for itself, only for its own sake, only to cover its own abuses.

Secrecy can spring from the best motives; but as it grows it begins to exist only for itself, only for its own sake, only to cover its own abuses.



... you are not Christ's disciple, in the sense of following him, if this is not your way of life: rejected and slain daily!

... you are not Christ's disciple, in the sense of following him, if this is not your way of life: rejected and slain daily!



From the very depth of my being, I challenge the right of any man or any group of men, in business or in government, to tell a fellow human being that he or she is expendable.

From the very depth of my being, I challenge the right of any man or any group of men, in business or in government, to tell a fellow human being that he or she is expendable.



A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated.

A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated.



It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice.

It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice.



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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.

To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.




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