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Religion is the recognition that all things are manifestations of a Power which transcends our knowledge.

Herbert Spencer

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Herbert Spencer
Born: 1824
Born: April 27
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Policeman are soldiers who act alone soldiers are policeman who act in unison.
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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.
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However insignificant the minority, and however trifling the proposed trespass against their rights, no such trespass is permissible.
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