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Democracy passes into despotism.

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Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

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Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile

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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.

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Most men are not wicked... They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers.

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I still believe that man, not having been given the power of creation, does not posses the right of destroying the meanest creature that lives. The perogative of destruction belongs solely to the Creator of all that lives.

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No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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From a philosophical perspective, I want to fight off isolationism and protectionism, be it part of another voice out there that says, wait a minute, what matters to women in Afghanistan matters to America. An isolationist point of view says it doesn't matter. The articulation of "all life matters" helps frame the case that it does matter what happens to a woman in Afghanistan.

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Punishment is justice for the unjust.

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What I think about vivisection is that if people admit that they have the right to take or endanger the life of living beings for the benefit of many, there will be no limit to their cruelty.

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If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

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A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

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What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.

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This is the fundamental idea of culture, insofar as it sets but one task for each of us: to further the production of the philosopher, of the artist, and of the saint within us and outside us, and thereby to work at the consummation of nature.

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The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.

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Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings.

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cruelty to animals is contrary to man's duty to himself, because it deadens in him the feeling of sympathy for their sufferings, and thus a natural tendency that is very useful to morality in relation to other human beings is weakened.

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In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

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No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

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