#mankind

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#disposed #evils #forms #mankind #more

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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I think mankind is overly sensitive, very needy, greedy, and flawed. ↗

— Craig Kilborn

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Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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So I ask the nuclear powers to abandon the out-of-date thinking of the Cold War period and take a fresh look. Above all, I appeal to them to bear in mind the long-term threat that nuclear weapons pose to humankind and to begin action towards their elimination. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. ↗

— Moliere

#blunders #books #dancing #failures #fill

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. ↗

— Moliere

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