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“Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, 2,460 years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race. It is the delicate fruit of a mature civilization; and scarcely a century has passed since nations, that knew the meaning of the term, resolved to be free. In every age its progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food.”

“Every time that a people which has long crouched in slavery and ignorance is moved to its lowest depths there appear monsters and heroes, prodigies of crime and prodigies of virtue.”

People Long Virtue Progress Crime Ignorance Hero Slavery Moved Depth Monsters Lowest Prodigies

Book:History of the Girondists: Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. From Unpublished Sources

Source: History of the Girondists: Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. From Unpublished Sources

“The profound nature of our existence is that we are able at any moment to connect to anyone, anywhere. History is there to remind us of how far weve come, and every day our journey is to continue with that progress of becoming more wise, more compassionate and more considerate human beings. Remembering Emmett though song is way to remind people that there is no need to continue with senseless crimes. Race and racism do no go hand in hand. We are only one race: human.”

People Moments Remember Song Existence Wise Progress Journey Crime Racism Profound Compassionate Considerate

Author:Melody Gardot

“Capital punishment has probably been responsible for a good deal of human progress. The overwhelming majority of those executed were of the sort whose departures for bliss eternal improved the average intelligence and decency of the race.”

Humans Deals Race Progress Crime Eternal Responsible Majority Average Punishment Bliss Overwhelming Decency Departure Capital Punishment Human Progress

Author:H. L. Mencken

“It would be a crime against [Twilight] audience to go R-rated... [Yet the rating] is based on a much more mature book [Breaking Dawn,Stephenie Meyer]. We need to progress and be more sophisticated.”

Needs Book Would Be Audience Progress Fans Crime Core Dawn Mature Twilight Sophisticated Breaking Dawn

Author:Wyck Godfrey

“The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.”

People Progress Crime Particular Customs Great Progress

Book:The Spirit of Laws

Source: The Spirit of Laws

“It would degrade our country and our judicial system to permit our courts to be bullied, insulted and humiliated and the orderly progress thwarted and obstructed by defendants brought before them charged with crimes.”

Country Progress Crime Court Our Country Permit Judicial Bullied Orderly Degrade Insulted Humiliated Judicial System

Author:Hugo Black

“Animal experimentation is the blackest of all the black crimes that a man is at present committing... We should be able to refuse to live if the price of living be the torture of sentient beings... I abhor [animal] experimentation with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence... The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”

“I think that we are in a position to continue to make progress, but it's gonna require us to both recognize what the problems are, also recognize the progress we've made. Last point I'd make on this, since we're on criminal justice: During the course of my presidency crime has been the lowest it's been probably since the '60s.”

Thinking Has Beens Made Problem Lasts Courses Justice Progress Crime Position Criminals Lowest Presidency Criminal Justice

Author:Barack Obama

“We have to recognize we've got some big problems on race, just like we got still big problems on crime, just like we got big problems on just about everything. But we also have to make sure that we've - draw confidence from the progress that we have made, 'cause otherwise, you get into this cycle of cynicism.”

Made Stills Problem Bigs Causes Race Progress Crime Draws Cycles Cynicism Big Problems

Author:Barack Obama