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It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature. ”
We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings. ”
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. ”
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty. ”
As far as I remember, even younger than eight, I have always been guided by reason. Not cold reason, but that which leads to the truth, to the real, and to sane Justice. ”
I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. ”
Lying is not only saying what isn't true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler. ”
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool. ”
Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret. ”
Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions. ”