When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.
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Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.
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Don't consider our interests or desires. You have no duty to anyone but yourself.
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Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
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A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
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