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Henry Steele Commager

July 19, 2010 – 8:36 pm
Posted in Activists, America, Authors, Civil Rights Movement, Editors, Historians, Journalists
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“The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause trouble for governments they no longer trusted”. –Henry Steele Commager

Immanuel Kant

“Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee”. –Immanuel Kant

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth”. –Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Dōgen

“Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker”. –Dōgen

Henri de Lubac

“It is not always charity, alas, which has grown greater, or which has become more enlightened: it is often faith, the taste for the things of eternity, which has grown less. Injustice and violence are still reigning; but they are now in the service of degraded passions”. –Henri de Lubac

Fukuzawa Yukichi

“We do not have time to wait for the enlightenment of our neighbors so that we can work together toward the development of Asia. It is better for us to leave the ranks of Asian nations and cast our lot with civilized nations of the West… We should deal with them exactly as Westerners do”. –Fukuzawa Yukichi

Denis Diderot

March 28, 2010 – 12:16 am
Posted in Artists, Authors, French Empire, Philosophers
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“From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step”. –Denis Diderot

Wendell Willkie

February 28, 2010 – 9:28 pm
Posted in America, Lawyers, Politicians, WWII
Tagged Enlightenment, Happiness, History, Human, Human Enlightenment, Industry, Life, Our, Our Way, Quote, Quotes, Show, Shows, Strong, Stronger, Stronger Way, Way, Way of Life, Wealth, Wendell, Wendell Wilkie, Wendell Willkie, Wilkie, Willkie
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“History shows that our way of life is the stronger way. From it has come more wealth, more industry, more happiness, more human enlightenment, than from any other way”. –Wendell Willkie

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