#lightened

Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design. ↗

— Adam Ferguson

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It didn't take long for the world to realize that the Shah was an enlightened liberal next to the bloody reactionary regime that followed, and which executed more people in three months than the Shah had done in 30 years. ↗

— Alexander Haig

#done #enlightened #executed #followed #had

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood? ↗

— Francis Wright

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Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent. ↗

— Jared Sparks

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Hatred never ceases with hatred, but with love alone is healed. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#enlightened #enlightening #enlightenment #love #transcendence

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion. We believe that from ethics, enlightened self-interest, and the commonweal, our governance will emerge. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

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An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

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The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

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