Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.Lord Acton
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.
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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
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