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Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.
Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.
Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos
Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos
As order is heavenly, where quiet is had,
So error is hell, or a mischief as bad.
As order is heavenly, where quiet is had,
So error is hell, or a mischief as bad.
To make the plough go before the horse.
To make the plough go before the horse.
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar
Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined;
Till at his second read more
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar
Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined;
Till at his second bidding darkness fled,
Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.
Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions for either, shall be felt read more
Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions for either, shall be felt with the same keenness that resents an invasion of the dearest rights.
Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?
Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?
Order is a lovely thing; on disarray it lays its wing, teaching simplicity to sing.
Order is a lovely thing; on disarray it lays its wing, teaching simplicity to sing.
Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess,
Some are and must be greater than the rest.
Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess,
Some are and must be greater than the rest.
