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“Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty in general; liberty, so to speak, at large.”

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John Dewey Quote: “Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty in general; liberty, so to speak, at large.”

“Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty in general; liberty, so to speak, at large.”

John Dewey Quote: “Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty in general; liberty, so to speak, at large.”

John Dewey Quote: “Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty in general; liberty, so to speak, at large.”

John Dewey Quote: “Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty in general; liberty, so to speak, at large.”

John Dewey Quote: “Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty in general; liberty, so to speak, at large.”

John Dewey Quote: “Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty in general; liberty, so to speak, at large.”

John Dewey Quote: “Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty in general; liberty, so to speak, at large.”

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1. “Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”

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2. “Don’t tell me what I can’t do!”

3. “The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.”

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4. “Struggle is nature’s way of strengthening it.”

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5. “Logic is the anatomy of thought.”

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6. “What worries you, masters you.”

7. “Where there is no law there is no freedom.”

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8. “Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.”

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9. “The discipline of desire is the background of character.”

10. “With books we stand on the shoulders of giants.”

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11. “This is my destiny – I’m supposed to do this, dammit! Don’t tell me what I can and can’t do!”

12. “All wealth is the product of labor.”

13. “Revolt is the right of the people.”

14. “The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone.”

15. “Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can’t do?”

16. “Justice and truth are the common ties of society.”

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17. “No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience.”

18. “I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.”

19. “Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.”

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20. “New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.”

21. “I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.”

22. “There are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark.”

23. “A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.”

24. “Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.”

25. “Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature.”

26. “Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.”

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27. “Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.”

28. “The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.”

29. “I am sure, zeal or love for truth can never permit falsehood to be used in the defense of it.”

30. “That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art.”

31. “Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge. The great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.”

32. “A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.”

33. “Don’t let the things you don’t have prevent you from using what you do have.”

34. “Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning.”

35. “How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?”

36. “Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting have disappeared, or have been laid aside out of sight.”

37. “The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it.”

38. “The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.”

39. “In the beginning, all the world was America.”

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40. “The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.”

41. “The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.”

42. “Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind upon the receipt of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge.”

43. “Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.”

44. “Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.”

45. “Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.”

46. “Consciousness is the perception of what passes in man’s own mind.”

47. “As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.”

48. “It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.”

49. “He that uses his words loosely and unsteadily will either not be minded or not understood.”

50. “The business of education is not to make the young perfect in any one of the sciences, but so to open and dispose their minds as may best make them – capable of any, when they shall apply themselves to it.”

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