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But for their right to judge of the law, and the justice of the law, juries would be no protection to an accused person, even as to matters of fact; for, if the government can dictate to a jury any law whatever, in a criminal case, it can certainly dictate to them the laws of evidence. Lysander Spooner

Government Justice Judge Law Protection Matters Whatever Criminal Evidence Would Would-Be Case Laws Fact Dictate Person Accused Juries Any Jury Them Certainly Even Right

But that the people are stronger than the government, and will resist in extreme cases, our governments would be little or nothing else than organized systems of plunder and oppression. Lysander Spooner

Government People Oppression Will Stronger Nothing Else Our Extreme Systems Would Would-Be Plunder Cases Governments Than Little Organized Resist

Men's moral principles are weak enough without their being made subordinate to selfishness; and their selfishness is quite active enough, without any such effort as Christianity makes to constitute it the mainspring of all their conduct. Lysander Spooner

Made Men Active Christianity Enough Weak Moral Moral Principles Constitute Principles Without Makes Selfishness Conduct Effort Subordinate Any Quite Being

If physical power be the fountain of law, then law and force are synonymous terms. Or, perhaps, rather, law would be the result of a combination of will and force; of will, united with a physical power sufficient to compel obedience to it, but not necessarily having any moral character whatever. Lysander Spooner

Character Obedience Law Result Will Power Whatever Synonymous Moral Would Moral Character Would-Be Physical Rather Having Combination Perhaps Terms Force Any Then United Compel Sufficient Fountain Necessarily

Legislators and judges are necessarily exposed to all the temptations of money, fame, and power, to induce them to disregard justice between parties, and sell the rights, and violate the liberties of the people. Jurors, on the other hand, are exposed to none of these temptations. Lysander Spooner

To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Problems Childish Resolve Approach Negotiation Through Very

America is the most creative country and the most powerful government in the world. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Government Creative World Country Powerful Most Most Powerful America

When the conscious mind expands to embrace deeper levels of thinking, the thought wave becomes more powerful and results in added energy and intelligence. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Intelligence Mind Thought Energy Thinking Added Wave Embrace More Results Powerful Becomes Deeper Conscious Conscious Mind Levels

Great amount of scientific research is there to show that health is better because transcendental meditation deals with consciousness, and consciousness is the basic value of all the physical expressions. The entire creation is the expression of consciousness. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Speak Important About Message Person Expected Themselves Monks

My University of Management will create managers who will float in happiness, success and fulfillment. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Happiness Success Management Will Managers Create Fulfillment Who Float University

If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect. Maimonides

However great the exertion of our mind may be to comprehend the Divine Being or any of the ideals, we find a screen and partition between Him and ourselves. Thus the prophets frequently hint at the existence of a partition between God and us. Maimonides

God Great Mind Our Ourselves Find Comprehend Prophets Divine Thus Between Ideals Partition Him Frequently Exertion Hint However Existence Any May Screen Being Us

Making itself intelligible is suicide for philosophy. Martin Heidegger

Suicide Philosophy Making Itself Intelligible

Being-alone is a deficient mode of being-with; its possibility is a proof for the latter. Martin Heidegger

Deficient Latter Possibility Proof Mode

We still by no means think decisively enough about the essence of action. Martin Heidegger

Action Think Enough About Still Essence Means

Time-space as commonly understood, in the sense of the distance measured between two time-points, is the result of time calculation. Martin Heidegger

Time Result Sense Distance Between Calculation Understood Commonly Measured Two

Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman. Mencius

Man Will Stupid Sense Alter Him Bids Sake His Nor Artist Skillful Workman Measures Sufficient Right Desire

Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not. Mencius

Man Evil Fears Does Heaven Mankind

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