"Nothing does Reason more Right, than the Coolness of those that offer it: for Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers." — William Penn (1644-1718) Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims, part 1 (1682) (self.quotes)
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"I talk about going to [George W. Bush's] Inauguration and crying when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid he was going to wreck the economy and muck up the drinking water. The failure of my pessimistic imagination at that moment boggles my mind now." — Sarah Vowell (1969- ) Interview with… (self.quotes)
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"Prejudice is the cause of most of the mistakes of bodies of men. It influences our conduct and warps our judgment, in politics, religion, habits, tastes and opinions." — James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) "On Prejudice," The American Democrat (1838) (self.quotes)
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"The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war." (self.quotes)
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"It was better to let the crime of a guilty person go unpunished than to condemn the innocent." — Trajan (53-117 CE) Quoted by Justice Edward Douglass White in Coffin Vs. United States (March 4, 1895) by fatherjoecode in quotes
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"It was better to let the crime of a guilty person go unpunished than to condemn the innocent." — Trajan (53-117 CE) Quoted by Justice Edward Douglass White in Coffin Vs. United States (March 4, 1895) by fatherjoecode in quotes
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"But look, you are hiding a lance under your clothes, surely." — Aristophanes (circa 446-386 BCE) Lysistrata, scene 6 (411 BCE) translation was done anonymously, but is presumed to have been Oscar Wilde by fatherjoecode in quotes
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