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We have staked the whole future of …

15 Feb , 2011  

We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind of self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according […]

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James Madison, (attributed)

We have staked the whole future of …

15 Feb , 2011  

We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind of self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according […]

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Joseph Conrad

What makes mankind tragic is not th…

15 Feb , 2011  

What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it. Great short quote and quotation by: Joseph Conrad , English (Polish-Ukrainian-born) novelist (1857 – 1924)

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Thomas Paine, "The Age of Reason"

Whenever we read the obscene storie…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the bible is filled, it would seem more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the Word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to […]

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Whenever we read the obscene storie…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the bible is filled, it would seem more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the Word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to […]

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Thomas Paine

Whenever we read the obscene storie…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever we read the obscene stories, voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortous executions, the unrelenting vindictivenes, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistant that we called it the word of a Demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt […]

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Tyron Edwards

Whoever in prayer can say, “Our Fat…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whoever in prayer can say, “Our Father,” acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind. Great short quote and quotation by: Tyron Edwards ,

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Martin Luther King Jr., The Christmas Sermon On Peace in on Dec 24, 1967

Wisdom born of experience should te…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force… If we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has the right to survive, then we must […]

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Rudyard Kipling

Words are, of course, the most powe…

14 Feb , 2011  

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Great short quote and quotation by: Rudyard Kipling , British (Indian-born) author (1865 – 1936)

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Napoleon Bonaparte

[Medicine is] a collection of uncer…

11 Jan , 2010  

[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind. Great short quote and quotation by: Napoleon Bonaparte , French general & politician (1769 – 1821)

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Mark Twain

[Mankind] is governed by minorities…

11 Jan , 2010  

[Mankind] is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the crowd follows it. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, Chapter IX , […]

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