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It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.
- — Democritus
A pessimist asked God for relief.
"Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God.
"No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them."
"The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something—the mortality of the optimist."
- — Ambrose Bierce, in "The Devil’s Dictionary", 1911
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
- — Oscar Wilde
If all mankind were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
- — John Stuart Mill
I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.
- — Thomas Jefferson
Anarchy—it’s not the law, it’s just a good idea.
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
- — George Orwell
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
- — Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address
You may not take an interest in politics, but politics takes an interest in you.
- — Pericles
Self-defence is Nature’s eldest law.
- — John Dryden
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