“The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.”
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Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.