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The most powerful instruments of civilization are two - the Christian religion, and education.

— Francisco Luís Gomes

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All impartial men who are moved by justice and not by racialism want India to be ruled by Indians.

Os Brâmanes (1866)

Being a good administrator and a bad politician, Pombal was not always a happy legislator.

Le marquis de Pombal (1869)

Ethics is the science of duties, and it's principles, perceived by reason, and revealed to us by conscience.

Essai sur la théorie de l'économie politique et de ses rapports avec la morale et le droit (1867)

What use is equality in theory and in law, if it does not penetrate into our customs?

Os Brâmanes (1866)

Gambling is the contraction of all vices into one.

Os Brâmanes (1866)

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You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

Friedrich Schiller On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1794)

Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.

Bertrand Russell

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