Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse.
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It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
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All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
Truth is not determined by majority vote.
Truth is not determined by majority vote.
A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.
A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.
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The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.
The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists.
The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
I've never professed to be anything but an average student.
I've never professed to be anything but an average student.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
