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    It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil. It behooves the well-intentioned, therefore, vigorously to watch the tendency of even their most highly prized institutions, since that which was established in the interests of the right, may so easily become the agent of the wrong.

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The several sorts of religion in the world are little more than so many spiritual monopolies.

The several sorts of religion in the world are little more than so many spiritual monopolies.

by Lord Halifax Found in: Society Quotes,
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One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead.

One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Society Quotes,
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The biggest mischief in the past century has been perpetrated by Rousseau with his doctrine of the goodness of human read more

The biggest mischief in the past century has been perpetrated by Rousseau with his doctrine of the goodness of human nature. The mob and the intellectuals derived from it the vision of a Golden Age which would arrive without fail once the noble human race could act according to its whims.

by Jakob Burckhardt Found in: Society Quotes,
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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Society Quotes,
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We must think of human progress, not as of something going on in the race in general, but as something read more

We must think of human progress, not as of something going on in the race in general, but as something going on in a small minority, perpetually beleaguered in a few walled towns. Now and then the horde of barbarians outside breaks through, and we have an armed effort to halt the process. That is, we have a Reformation, a French Revolution, a war for democracy, a Great Awakening. The minority is decimated and driven to cover. But a few survive- and a few are enough to carry on.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Society Quotes,
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Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

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...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; read more

...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination.

by Arthur Koestler Found in: Society Quotes,
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You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale.

You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale.

by Brock Chisolm Found in: Society Quotes,
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Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

by Stendhal Found in: Fashion Quotes, Society Quotes,
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