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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.
Herbert Spencer
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Herbert Spencer
Born: 1824
Born: April 27
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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.
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No place, no company, no age, no person is temptation-free let no man boast that he was never tempted, let him not be high-minded, but fear, for he may be surprised in that very instant wherein he boasteth that he was never tempted at all.
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A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will be benefited.
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If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves? If people by a plebiscite elect a man despot over them, do they remain free because the despotism was of their own making?
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