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“Society is the true sphere of human virtue. In social, active life, difficulties will perpetually be met with; restraints of many kinds will be necessary; and studying to behave right in respect of these is a discipline of the human heart, useful to others, and improving to itself. Suffering is no duty, but where it is necessary to avoid guilt, or to do good; nor pleasure a crime, but where it strengthens the influence of bad inclinations, or lessens the generous activity of virtue.”

Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes ...

“It is in the middle classes of society that all the finest feeling, and the most amiable propensities of our nature do principally nourish and abound. For the good opinion of our fellow-men is the strongest though not the purest motive to virtue. The privations of poverty render us too cold and callous, and the privileges of property too arrogant and confidential, to feel; the first places us beneath the influence of opinion--the second, above it.”

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”

“I always try to see things with children's eyes. Are they happy? Sad? What do they need? Everywhere I went, I realized that children are society's victims ... We have a duty to speak to political leaders, to influence people to give these children a better future.”

People Needs Giving Trying Children Eye Political Speak Leader Society Influence Duty Future Victim I Realized Better Future Political Leaders Influencing People

Author:Nana Mouskouri

“The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating influence of orthodoxy and standardized thought. They weighed the compulsions for restrained speech and thought against the abuses of liberty. They chose liberty.”

Humans Wells Liberty Society Influence Dangerous Human Nature Speech Abuse Constitution Compulsion Orthodoxy Suffocating Framers

Author:William O. Douglas

“[T]he Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis, or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government. . . . and I am persuaded that no civil government of a republican form can exist and be durable in which the principles of that religion have not a controlling influence.”

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Author:Noah Webster

“Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.”

Natural Religious Society Influence Roots Anger Weakening Good Influences

Author:Jack Kingston

“Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances... in short, by the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they may be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)

“Societies are healthiest when their radius of trust is broad and when people feel they can influence their own fate.”

People Feels Fate Society Influence Broads Radius

Author:James Fallows

“Regardless from beliefs and political directions, there is always something inspiring that a strong personality has to teach the world.”

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Author:Maria Karvouni