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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.
That government is best which governs least.
I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.
As for doing good that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.
Be not simply good – be good for something.
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.