Herbert Spencer Quotes
No philosopher's stone of a constitution can produce golden conduct from leaden instincts.
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You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.
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Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right.
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Where in the Constitution does it say that because we don't like a foreign country's leader, we should go in and topple the dictator?
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Societies cannot move forward without law, and our constitution is the cornerstone of the law and our National Assembly is its umbrella and fortress.
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If it's lawful to have a rifle club to kill pheasants, it should be just as lawful to have one to kill wolves or dogs that are being sicked on little black babies. In fact, it's constitutional. Article Number Two of the constitution guarantees the right of every citizen to own a rifle or a shot gun.
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I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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As you will come to see, much is governed by the Golden Rule: he who has the gold makes the rules.
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I don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear.
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Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.
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Unfortunately, people are re-interpreting the Constitution as a living document, and it's not. It's a solid-based document and it shouldn't be played with.
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The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.
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Follow your instincts, and handle all with respect and diplomacy.
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O charitable philosopher, I beg you to help me. My mind is weak but my soul is strong. Kindle that soul, and the sacred fire shall never be extinguished.
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There was a lot of stones what the builders refused. I think I was one of the stones what many builders did refuse.
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One puzzling thing about men -- they allow their sex instinct to drive them to where their intelligence never would take them.
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Our long wanderings have made a man out of him, too. They have not only strengthened his frame and hardened his constitution, but they have given stability to his character. He is thoughtful and prudent, and his advice will always be valuable, while of his courage I have no doubt.
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The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare.
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Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation.
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The framers of the constitution employed words in their natural sense; and, where they are plain and clear, resort to collateral aids to interpretation is unnecessary, and cannot be indulged in to narrow or enlarge the text; but where there is ambiguity or doubt, or where two views may well be entertained, contemporaneous and subsequent practical construction is entitled to the greatest weight.
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No philosopher's stone of a constitution can produce golden conduct from leaden instincts.
