“The great hope of society is in individual character.”
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The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
The world is governed by opinion.
No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.