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Man — a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. - Alexand

Man — a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. – Alexander Hamilton

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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased. – Alexander Hamilton

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Nature
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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint. – Alexander Hamilton

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Government
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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be. – William Hazlitt, The English Comic Writers, 1819

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Humankind

Man is the only trained animal who expects his reward before he does his trick. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Humankind

In each generation the human mind in every man reverts to its starting-point; each new man is a primitive man. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Humankind

It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man. – Aeschylus, Agamemnon

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Humankind

Random Quotes

Dont count your chickens before they are hatched. – Aesop

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Expectation

Equal distribution of wealth does not mean we all should be millionaires — it only means no one should die of hunger. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

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Equality

All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself. – Jesus Christ

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Love

It is spectacular. From about five minutes in, when we knew for sure that we were going to have the weather to go, the smile on my face just got bigger and bigger, and I was just beaming through the whole launch. I mean, it is just an amazing ride. – Chris Hadfield

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amazing