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Quotes from Democracy — Matthew Arnold

1822–1888 England

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It is a very great thing to be able to think as you like; but, after all, an important question remains: what you think.

Democracy (1861)

Nations are not truly great solely because the individuals composing them are numerous, free, and active; but they are great when these numbers, this freedom, and this activity are employed in the service of an ideal higher than that of an ordinary man, taken by himself.

Democracy (1861)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Matthew Arnold (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.