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"Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities." 4.625 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog." 4.6 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." 4.45454545454545 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for if they were not created equal, they were certainly evolved unequal. There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man." 4.07692307692308 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote


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