The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretenses, and as certainly as if he granted that a horse-hair put into a bottle of water will turn into a snake.
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Create Personalise WishesA national political campaign…
A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
16Philosophy consists very…
Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.
16To be in love is merely…
To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia — to mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.
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In this world of sin and…
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
17In the United States,…
In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.
16As democracy is perfected,…
As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
17Democracy is only a dream:…
Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
17The older I grow the more…
Truth is generally the…
How many legs does a dog…
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four; calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.
18The United States government…
The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an inidual, in the Church or out of it, becomes dangerous to the public interest he must be checked.
19Friends, I agree with…
Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon. 1854
299That I am not a member…
That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.
20Public sentiment is everything….
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. He who molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or decisions possible or impossible to execute.
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Neither anticipated that…
Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease
20The leading rule for the…
The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.
21Labor is prior to, and…
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
19Nobody has ever expected…
Nobody has ever expected me to be president. In my poor, lean lank face nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting.
22Common looking people…
Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
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