"Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action."
-Thomas B. Macaulay
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"There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom.“
-Thomas B. Macaulay
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"To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population."
-Thomas B. Macaulay
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"Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim."
-Thomas B. Macaulay
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"As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines."
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"Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind."
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"Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising."
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"Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society."
-Delphine de Girardin
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"Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do."
-Ingrid Newkirk
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"What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?"
-Kate Millett
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"If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom."
-William Lyon Mackenzie King
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"We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values."
-Steve Forbes
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"The main thing I believe in is freedom."
-Charles Evers
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