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As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.

You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself.

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness.

There is more criticism of puritanism, and more distance from Christian morality, than there has been before.

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.