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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
Herbert Spencer
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An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
Herbert Spencer
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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.
Herbert Spencer
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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
Herbert Spencer
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
Herbert Spencer
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We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
Herbert Spencer
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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
Herbert Spencer
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In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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