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“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.”

— John Locke

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All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

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The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

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No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

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As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

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The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.

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