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Upon this point, a page of history is worth a volume of logic.
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I dare say that I have worked off my fundamental formula on you that the chief end of man is to frame general propositions and that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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Free competition is worth more to society than it costs.
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Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
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It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
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The chief end of man is to frame general ideas—and…no general idea is worth a damn.
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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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Born:
March 8, 1841
Died:
March 6, 1935
(aged 93)
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