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"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."
"The action or inaction of any government does not negate the Personal Responsibility of the citizens."
"The journey of every ignorant and obedient society always ends up in the same place: In the desert!"
"The only soap of a dirty society is the clean men, only the clean can wash the grimy!"
"What the new government of Nigeria and other African governments must do, is to start a massive reorientation campaign in the culture of the dignity of labour."
"To Have Thousands Transformed In The Society Is To Lack Unity."
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"According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication."
"A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses."
"The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology."
"If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama."
"The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality."
"The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards."
"Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution."
"The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service."
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