“For my own part I am persuaded that everything advances by an unchangeable law through the eternal constitution and association of latent causes, which have been long before predestined.” LongHas BeensLawCausesMy OwnEvolutionEternalConstitutionAssociationLatentUnchangeablePredestined Author:Quintus Curtius Rufus
“Of all the differences between the Old World and the New, this is perhaps the most salient. Half the wars of Europe, half the internal troubles that have vexed European States... have arisen from theological differences or from the rival claims of Church and State. This whole vast chapter of debate and strife has remained virtually unopened in the United States. There is no Established Church. All religious bodies are equal before the law, and unrecognized by the law, except as voluntary associations of private citizens.” WorldWarStatesWholeBodyLawDifferencesChurchReligiousUnitedHalfUnited StatesTroubleAtheismCitizensEqualEuropeClaimsPositive AtheismDebateInternalsAssociationChaptersStrifeRivalsChurch And StateTheologicalOld World Author:James Bryce
“Among the laws controlling human societies there is one more precise and clearer, it seems to me, than all the others. If men are to remain civilized or to become civilized, the art of association must develop and improve among them at the same speed as equality of conditions spreads.” IfsMenHumansArtSeemsLawConditionsSpreadSpeedCivilizedAssociationPreciseHuman Society Book:Democracy in America Source: Democracy in America
“Men pursue riches under the idea that their possession will set them at ease, and above the world. But the law of association often makes those who begin by loving gold as a servant finish by becoming themselves its slaves; and independence without wealth is at least as common as wealth without independence.” MenWorldIdeasLawWealthCommonBecomingGoldIndependenceSlavePossessionRichesPursueEaseServantAssociation Book:Lacon: or, Many things in few words Source: Lacon: or, Many things in few words