“I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.”
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“Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.”
― It Can't Happen Here
― It Can't Happen Here
“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”
― By Any Means Necessary
― By Any Means Necessary
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