"Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco."

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"Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco."

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"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to the human race."

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"Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it."

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"Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental."

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"Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more."

Jean Paul, German Author

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"Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable."

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"Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion."

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"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."

"Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to the human race."

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"Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it."

"Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental."

"Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so."

"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."

"I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more."

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"Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion."

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"I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people."

"By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation."

"Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government."

"If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived."