Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

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Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.

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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

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The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

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No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.

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The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

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Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.

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He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

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A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

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Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.

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