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Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

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And what sort of philosophical doctrine is thi - that numbers confer unlimited rights, that they take from some persons all rights over themselves, and vest these rights in others. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

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You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from him. A man can only learn when he is free to act. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

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Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. ↗

— Frank Herbert

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Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future. ↗

— Frank Herbert

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The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent. ↗

— Frank Herbert

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He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven. ↗

— George Herbert

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Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. ↗

— George Herbert

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Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy. ↗

— George Herbert

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Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path. ↗

— George Herbert

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