A maxim in law has more weight in the world than an article of faith. - Jonathan Swift

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Collectivism, as an intellectual power and a moral ideal, is dead. But freedom and individualism, and their political expression, capitalism, have not yet been discovered.

Jonathan Swift

A maxim in law has more weight in the world than an article of faith.

Faith, Law, World, Weight

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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

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I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live to be as well prepared for it, as I confidently believe her to have been! If the way to Heaven be through piety, truth, justice and charity, she is there.

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Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

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We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

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All persons who bear the blessed title of parent have the personal responsibility to see that their children are growing up fully appreciative of the rights of God and their fellowmen.

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