"If we were to suppose that mankind never can or will be in a better condition, it seems impossible to justify by any kind of theodicy the mere fact that such a race of corrupt beings could have been created on earth at all."

Progress, Humanity, Hope, Philosophy

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"If we were to suppose that mankind never can or will be in a better condition, it seems impossible to justify by any kind of theodicy the mere fact that such a race of corrupt beings could have been created on earth at all."

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"There comes some special times that you got to keep "impossibility thinkers" behind you and walk with those are prepared to go forward with you because that is the only option to keep you going!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there."

John Prescott, British Politician

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"And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot. But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans."

Barack Obama, American President

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"Crawl in faith, and you will end up walking. Walk in faith, and you will end up jogging. Jog in faith, and you will end up running. Run in faith, and you will end up sprinting. Sprint in faith, and you will end up soaring."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"It might be like you are still far from getting there, but remember, you are closer to it than you were yesterday. Every tiny step you take counts a lot!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"The messages emphasizing miracles and breakthrough must be replaced if our nation must move forward."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Fundamentalism of any kind, be it religious, atheistic, political or educational, is the greatest threat to human excellence " it is a threat to progress " it is a threat to greatness."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Start deep within yourself and slowly build outward toward your goal."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

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"Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress."

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"As nature has uncovered from under this hard shell the seed for which she most tenderly cares - the propensity and vocation to free thinking - this gradually works back upon the character of the people, who thereby gradually become capable of managing freedom; finally, it affects the principles of government, which finds it to its advantage to treat men, who are now more than machines, in accordance with their dignity."

Enlightenment

"We must admit thatlaw must be valid, not merely for men, but for all rational creatures generally, not merely under certain contingent conditions or with exceptions, but with absolute necessity."

Law

"If I have a book that thinks for me, a pastor who acts as my conscience, a physician who prescribes my diet, and so on... then I have no need to exert myself. I have no need to think, if only I can pay; others will take care of that disagreeable business for me."

Self

"The main point of enlightenment is man's release from his self-caused immaturity, primarily in matters of religion."

Philosophy

"In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion."

Beauty

"Anarchy is law and freedom without force.Despotism is law and force without freedom.Barbarism force without freedom and law.Republicanism is force with freedom and law."

Governance

"An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty."

Morality

"To be unfaithful to my maxim of prudence may often be very advantageous to me, although to abide by it is certainly safer."

Prudence

"Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another."

Intelligence

"A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose."

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