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The laws of a nation form the most instructive portion of its history


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And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.



Imam Hussain's sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of rightousness.

Imam Hussain's sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of rightousness.



I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.



The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.



And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition of the people was not embittered theological rancor.

And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition of the people was not embittered theological rancor.



Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking.

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking.



In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.

In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.



Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.



Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.

Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.



We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.





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Nixon would like to consign us to to the level of the most backward countries in the whole Middle East. Why lower us to the standard of the Saudis rather than raising the Saudis to meet us?

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People who can spread ideas regardless of what those ideas are, win.

People who can spread ideas regardless of what those ideas are, win.



God did not intend that we should be cowards, or delinquents, or fools, or sinners or weaklings. He created us in his own image and commanded us to be men.

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The Father and His angelic hierarchy That made the magnitude and glory there Stood in the circuit of a needle's eye.

The Father and His angelic hierarchy That made the magnitude and glory there Stood in the circuit of a needle's eye.




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