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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.

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The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely appli...more

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Misfortunes occur only when a man is false.... Events circumstances etc. have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown.

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If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

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A common and natural result of an undue respect of law is, that you may see a file of soldiers, colonel, captain, corporal, privates, powder-monkeys, ...more

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Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can make, or such as it can make a man with its black arts, -a mere sha...more

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Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.

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Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress...more

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Any fool can make a ruleAnd any fool will mind it.