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Retain, even in opposition, your capacity for astonishment.


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I don’t hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more.

I don’t hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more.



No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws.

No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws.



I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witness the rapture which would excite them in the first dance of their freedom.

I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witness the rapture which would excite them in the first dance of their freedom.



The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. Without this, this government can never be, as it never has been, a true republic.

The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. Without this, this government can never be, as it never has been, a true republic.



The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America.

The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America.



The freedom of a government does not depend on the quality of its laws, but upon the power that has the right to create them.

The freedom of a government does not depend on the quality of its laws, but upon the power that has the right to create them.



I wish the Indians had newspapers of their own. If they had, you would have horrible pictures of the cold-blooded murders of inoffensive Indians.

I wish the Indians had newspapers of their own. If they had, you would have horrible pictures of the cold-blooded murders of inoffensive Indians.



I answer, because I live among men and not among angels.

I answer, because I live among men and not among angels.



There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be, and have been fanatics in false religion; in the bloody religions of the heathen.

There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be, and have been fanatics in false religion; in the bloody religions of the heathen.



The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer.

The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer.





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I think they assign things to students which are way over their heads, which destroy your love of reading, rather than leading you to it. I don't understand that. Gosh.

I think they assign things to students which are way over their heads, which destroy your love of reading, rather than leading you to it. I don't understand that. Gosh.




God never disappoints anyone who places his trust in Him.

God never disappoints anyone who places his trust in Him.



A great philosophy is not one that passes final judgments and establishes ultimate truth. It is one that causes uneasiness and starts commotion.

A great philosophy is not one that passes final judgments and establishes ultimate truth. It is one that causes uneasiness and starts commotion.



Venice, that capital city of dream and intrigue, that double city (one above and seemingly solid, one below, wavering and reflected in the waters), which never disappoints.

Venice, that capital city of dream and intrigue, that double city (one above and seemingly solid, one below, wavering and reflected in the waters), which never disappoints.



The school system is the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing.

The school system is the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing.



In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.

In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.



If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last.

If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last.



Youth, art, love, dreams, true-heartedness - why must they go out of the summer world into darkness?

Youth, art, love, dreams, true-heartedness - why must they go out of the summer world into darkness?




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