. . . in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and … - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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To exterminate our popular vices is a work of far more importance to the character and happiness of our citizens than any other improvements in our system of education.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

. . . in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.

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People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

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We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

Birthday, Education, Foolish, Helpless, Men, Reason

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

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You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.

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In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.

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Floyd Patterson

There is so much hate among people, so much contempt inside people who'd like you to think they're moral, that they have to hire prizefighters to do their hating for them. And we do. We get into a ring and act out other people's hates.

Act, Hate, Hire, People, Ring, Thinking

Winston Churchill

The influence exercised over the human mind by apt analogies is and has always been immense. Whether they translate an established truth into simple language or whether they adventurously aspire to reveal the unknown, they are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.

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Noah Webster

To exterminate our popular vices is a work of far more importance to the character and happiness of our citizens than any other improvements in our system of education.

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Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Often the deep valleys of our PRESENT will be UNDERSTOOD only by LOOKING BACK on them from the mountains of our FUTURE experience. Often we can’t see the LORD’S HAND in our lives until long after the trials have passed. Often the most difficult times of our lives are ESSENTIAL building blocks that form the FOUNDATION of our CHARACTER and pave the way to FUTURE opportunity, understanding, and happiness.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

To know, to esteem, to love,-and then to part, Makes up life's tale to many a feeling heart.

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