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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet

Warrior Son Merchant Poet
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

Courage Perseverance Obstacles
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.

Vote Principle Alone
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Posterity -- you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it

Posterity Cost Generation Freedom
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We understand now, we've been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were

Understand Embrace
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Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences

Perilous Experiment Consequences
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
Experiences Past Lessons Future
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The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.

Will People Happiness Government
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The best guarantee against the abuse of power consists in the freedom, the purity, and the frequency of popular elections.

Abuse Power Freedom Elections
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It is my wish to fill every moment of my time with some action of the mind which may contribute to the pleasure or the improvement of my fellow creatures.

Wish Time Mind Pleasure
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.

Purpose Christ's Earth Light
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.

Elections End Slavery Begins
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It is of no use to discover our own faults and infirmities unless the discovery prompts up to amendment.

Discover Faults Infirmities Amendment
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Gratitude, warm, sincere, intense, when it takes possession of the bosom, fills the soul to overflowing and scarce leaves room for any other sentiment or thought

Gratitude Sincere Soul Thought
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The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear.

Meditate Laws Brighter Wisdom
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The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties to the social compact.

Institution Government Parties Social
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Duty is ours, results are God's.

Duty Results God's
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The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.

Influence Human being Life Immortality
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Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God.

Temptation Opportunity God
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The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God. It contains the history of the creation of the world, and of mankind.

Bible Revelation God World
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Death fixes forever the relation existing between the departed spirit and the survivors upon earth.

Death Relation Spirit Survivors
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A man's diary is a record in youth of his sentiments, in middle age of his actions, in old age of his reflections.

Youth Sentiments Actions Reflections
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Life is a problem; mortal man was made to solve the solemn problem right or wrong
Life Problem Mortal men Solve
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Justice as fairness provides what we want.

Justice Fairness Want
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A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place

Society Everything Willing Enter
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It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government

Importance Military Civilian Government
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Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.

Assume Threat Advantage Justice
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A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.

Society Public sense Justice Stable
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Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.

Conflict Ourselves Judgement Dogmatic
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The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.

Bad man Power Love Injustice
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No one deserves his greater natural capacity nor merits a more favorable starting place in society.

No one Capacity Merits Society
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An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice

Injustice Tolerable Avoid
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Justice is happiness according to virtue.
Justice Happiness Virtue
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The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

Principles Justice Veil Ignorance
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The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind

Sense Justice Love Mankind
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The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them

Intolerant Persons Advantages Institutions
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I'm concerned about the survival, historically, of constitutional democracy.

Concerned Survival Historically Democracy
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Each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.

Person Equal right Basic Liberty
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In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed

Pursuit Money Political systems Power
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Ideal legislators do not vote their interests.

Ideal Legislators Vote Interests
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Justice is the first virtue of social institutions

Justice Virtue Social institutions
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A just system must generate its own support.

System Generate Support
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We may suppose that everyone has in himself the whole form of a moral conception

Suppose Everyone Form Moral
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Intuitionism is not constructive, perfectionism is unacceptable.

Intuitionism Perfectionism Unacceptable
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The fault of the utilitarian doctrine is that it mistakes impersonality for impartiality.

Fault Doctrine Mistakes Impersonality
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The circumstances of justice may be described as the normal conditions under which human cooperation is both possible and necessary.

Justice Human Possible Necessary
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The fundamental criterion for judging any procedure is the justice of its likely results.

Fundamental Judging Justice Results
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If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

Wishes Horses Beggers Ride
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A joy that's shared is a joy made double.

Joy Shared Double
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Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge

Love Neighbour Pull Hedge
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