A Quote by Thomas Paine
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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The people who kill and torture and tell lies in the name of their sacred causes, these are never the publicans and the sinners. No, they're the virtuous, respectable men, who have the finest feelings, the best brains, the noblest ideals.
The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies of minorities.
By friendship you mean the greatest love, the greatest usefulness, the most open communication, the noblest sufferings, the severest truth, the heartiest counsel, and the greatest union of minds which brave men and women are capable.
... the public and the private worlds are inseparably connected ... the tyrannies and servilities of the one are the tyrannies and servilities of the other.
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of causes.
And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.
The Bible is the greatest of all books; to study it the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.
That nation is proudest and noblest and most exalted which has the greatest number of really great men.
Those subjects have the greatest educational value, which are richest in incentives to the noblest self-activity.
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
Psychiatrists look for twisted molecules and defective genes as the causes of schizophrenia, because schizophrenia is the name of a disease. If Christianity or Communism were called diseases, would they then look for the chemical and genetic "causes" of these "conditions"?
It's not anything that is just perpetuated by White America or just perpetuated by Black America. It's just a cultural understanding that you're just not a part of the equation when it comes to sexuality and I think that people mistake your lack of opportunity with the level of your talent.
You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world.
The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
Now the greatest external good we should assume to be the thing which we offer as a tribute to the gods, and which is most coveted by men of high station, and is the prize awarded for the noblest deeds; and such a thing is honor, for honor is clearly the greatest of external goods.
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