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“The idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man; and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet-laureat.”

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Author:Thomas Paine

“Two things, Christian reader, particularly excite the will of man to good. A principle of justice is one, the other the profit we may derive therefrom. All wise men, therefore, agree that justice and profit are the two most powerful inducements to move our wills to any undertaking. Now, though men seek profit more frequently than justice, yet justice is in itself more powerful.”

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Book:The Sinner's Guide

Source: The Sinner's Guide

“For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of justice; and this, because more than any other, it acquires a man power and authority among the common people. For they only honour the valiant and admire the wise, while in addition they also love just men, and put entire trust and confidence in them.”

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Author:Plutarch

“The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.”

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Book:In Praise of Idleness

Source: In Praise of Idleness

“The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves the whole, and by yielding in a small matter secures a greater.”

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Book:Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography

Source: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography

“More important than anything else is for Americans to wise up to class warfare demagoguery and reject the politics of envy.”

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Author:Walter E. Williams

“Wise men and gods are on the strongest side.”

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Author:Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet

“'We the People' established the Constitution. Did we really do so to somehow keep ourselves out of the decision making. Are we only wise when it comes to electing people capable of governing our affairs, but wholly without the intellect to decide issues for ourselves?”

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Author:Paul Jacob

“If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.”

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Book:The Dosadi Experiment and The Eyes of Heisenberg: Two Classic Works of Science Fiction

Source: The Dosadi Experiment and The Eyes of Heisenberg: Two Classic Works of Science Fiction

“A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.”

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Author:Adlai Stevenson I

“A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.”

Book:Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way

Source: Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way

“Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.”

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Book:Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes

Source: Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes

“The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.”

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Author:Niccolo Machiavelli