"Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing."
-John Locke
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"The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.“
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"One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant."
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"To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality."
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"It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth."
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"The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure."
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"As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears."
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"That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another."
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"Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society."
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"RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society."
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
-Sebastian Junger
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