Plato Quotes
Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
Quotes to Explore
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From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation.
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Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
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Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!
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Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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I do hold very strongly that tea is better in England. There's something in the milk. They must have special cows.
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
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If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.
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Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.
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By nature, men desire the beautiful.
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Without this tremendous passion for power, influence, and advantage which money gives, how could nature develop the highest type of man? Without this infinite longing, whence would come the discipline which industry, perseverance, tact, sagacity, and frugality give?
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Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
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We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy.
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Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.
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As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer.
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You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
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What's so wonderful about 'The Walking Dead' is that we're able to explore human nature in its most depraved as well as its most humanitarian in each episode.
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He who lives to God rests in his Redeemer's love, and is trying to get rid of his old nature - to him every sorrow, every bereavement, every pain, will come charged with blessings, and death itself will be no longer the ' king of terrors,' but the messenger of grace.
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Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law. And that man's feeble attempt to lay down the principles of deceny.
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My words are my bullets.
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The great benefit of science is that it can contribute tremendously to the alleviation of suffering at the physical level, but it is only through the cultivation of the qualities of the human heart and the transformation of our attitudes that we can begin to address and overcome our mental suffering...
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Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
