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A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess of the public treasury. From that time on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the results that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. – Sir Alex Fraser Tytler	added by Normando 20 days ago
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	added by Normando 20 days ago
A man who exalts himself above the stars of the Almighty is just like a fleeting shadow, meant to fade away. Because you and I know that in the realm where mortality meets immortality, arrogance cannot survive in the presence of purity. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 1 month ago
It is embarrassing to have to remind people of this in the United States of America. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson singled out three natural rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The last phrase, appearing instead of property, has prompted much discussion. I cannot say what Jefferson was thinking. But here's a plausible theory: Property is already implicit in liberty. If you are free, you can use your belongings as you see fit. But by specifying the pursuit of happiness Jefferson might have been pointing out that the blessing of liberty need not be justified through selfless service to others. One's life and happiness on earth are justification enough. – Sheldon Richman	added by Normando 1 month ago
Some mistakes cannot be redeemed but by forgiveness. – Eric Schaub	added by Normando 1 month ago
Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist. – Edmund Burke	added by Normando 1 month ago
You cannot be deprogrammed with direct information - you have to information to break the spell. – Terpsichore Lindeman	added by re.ashley77 1 month ago
We cannot expect the American People to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism. – Nikita Khrushchev	added by Normando 4 months ago
I cannot accept, your canon that we are to judge pope and king unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong. If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. – Lord Acton	added by Normando 4 months ago
The end cannot justify the means for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced. – Aldous Huxley	added by Normando 4 months ago
Just as there is a very short distance between the U.S. and Cuba, there is a very short distance between a democracy and a dictatorship where the government gets to decide what to do, how to think, and how to live. And sometimes your freedom is not taken away at gunpoint, but instead it is done one piece of paper at a time, one seemingly meaningless rule at a time, one small silencing at a time. Never allow the government -- or anyone else -- to tell you what you can or cannot believe or what you can and cannot say or what your conscience tells you to have to do or not do. – Armando Valladares	added by Normando 4 months ago
Through the darkest trials, my strength is forged. Each wound I endure fuels a spirit that cannot be broken. – Dev Parth	added by devparth9784 4 months ago
I am no politician, but if one cannot save a nation in three years, another term will not change its fate. Leadership is not about time, but vision. The actions taken today reflect foresight or lack thereof. To ignore this truth is to deny the lessons of history. The facts do not deceive, but foretell the future, and inaction will only confirm the inevitable. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 4 months ago
[T]he police do not and cannot protect law-abiding citizens from criminal violence. ... This thought may not occur to wealthy people who can shelter themselves in low-crime enclaves and who care not at all about their less fortunate neighbors. But no one knows it better than the police, who scrupulously preserve their own right to carry firearms on and off duty (and often after they retire as well) even while some of them advocate disarming those whom the police cannot protect. – Nelson Lund	added by Normando 5 months ago
Debate, it seems to me, is one of the most useful of human inventions. It is the mother and father of all free inquiry and honest thought. It tests ideas, detects errors and promotes clear thinking. A man cannot stand up before it without exposing his whole intellectual stock of goods. – H. L. Mencken	added by Normando 5 months ago
Finally, the fundamental flaw, which will ultimately destroy this prohibition as it did the last one, is that criminal sanctions cannot, and should not attempt to, prohibit personal conduct which does no harm to others. – Judge Robert Sweet	added by Normando 5 months ago
Even the most talented individuals cannot reap the rewards of their abilities without hard work. I live on hope, and I believe that one day, this effort will pay off. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 6 months ago
The Kingdom of God cannot be bought with money, prosperity preacher. You know the truth; you are akin to the Pharisees who claimed knowledge of the Law of Moses but did not live by its principles. No matter how much wealth you amass, you will leave it behind one day. Repent and seek the true riches of righteousness. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 6 months ago
What is philosophy? A Church member ask me. And I responded, Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom and understanding, a journey of questioning and seeking truth. It is the boldness to explore the unknown, knowing you cannot fully comprehend or traverse the entire expanse of existence. Yet, when God calls, you step forward in faith, embracing the mystery and trusting in the divine guidance beyond the limits of human reason. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 6 months ago
Each of us owes a debt in some form; if we cannot settle it completely, we can at least contribute by paying the interest. by Supun Lankage – Supun Lankage	added by supun.lankage 7 months ago
It is the essence of the institutions of liberty that it be recognized that guilt is personal and cannot be attributed to the holding of opinions or to mere intent in the absence of overt acts. – Justice Charles Evans Hughes	added by Normando 7 months ago
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If there is creation then there must be a creator. If there is a car then there must be a car maker. You can’t create something from nothing. Non intelligent matter cannot create itself into highly intelligent forms. – Tommy Zegan	added by TommyZegan 8 months ago
I cannot assent to the view, if it be meant that the legislature may impair or abridge the rights of a free press and of free speech whenever it thinks that the public welfare requires that it be done. The public welfare cannot override constitutional privilege. – John Marshall Harlan	added by Normando 8 months ago

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