Quote by Lyman Beecher
No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or relig

No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy. – Lyman Beecher

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Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it – Lyman Beecher

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Deception/Lying
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He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. – Aesop

I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time. – Napoleon Bonaparte

Behind every argument is someones ignorance. – Louis D. Brandeis

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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. – Maya Angelou

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If you search the world for happiness, you may find it in the end, for the world is round and will lead you back to your door. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, no limits on thought. No subject must be taboo. No censor must preside at our assemblies. – William O. Douglas

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I am a Westerner. Were not going to change the West by going East. The East has a lot to teach us, but essentially its like a mirror, saying, hey, cant you see whats here in your own religion, what are you, stupid? – Matthew Fox

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