Quote by Frances Wright
If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and t

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment. – Frances Wright

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How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction how to be secured in the equal exercise of those rights without equality of instruction? By instruction understand me to mean knowledge – just knowledge not talent, not genius, not inventive mental powers. – Frances Wright

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If they exert it not for good, they will for evil if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance. – Frances Wright

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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown. – Frances Wright

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Success is never final, failure is never fatal. Its courage that counts. – John Wooden

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Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Honest conviction is my courage the Constitution is my guide. – Andrew Johnson

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If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. – John Irving

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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good. – Ovid

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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity. – Jacques Yves Cousteau

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A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary that will do that. – Michael Newdow

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Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else. – Simone Weil

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