"Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions."

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Source : 'Dissertation on the Progress of Ethical Philosophy' (1830) sect. 6 'Jeremy Bentham'

James Mackintosh

#Men Quotes #Opinion Quotes

“A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce.”
“I'm trying to grow. I don't want to stay on the same page.”
“Jazz is America's classical music.”

Source : "Dr. Billy Taylor, 90th birthday anniversary: Interview". Interview with Ted Panken, tedpanken.wordpress.com. October 14, 1999.
“Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.”
“I still believe the momentum is there to accomplish comprehensive immigration reform, and I think there is a bipartisan coalition that would pass right now, a pathway to citizenship if Speaker Boehner lets it come to the floor.”
“The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.”
“Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.”
“Beliefs are the foundation of actions. Those who believed without doubting, he would say, acted without thinking. And those who acted without thinking were enslaved.”

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