"Virtue is not hereditary...." - Quote by Thomas Paine
Virtue is not hereditary.
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“Thus commerce, though in itself a moral nullity, has had a considerable influence in tempering the human mind....he trades with the same countries ...(that he) would have gone to war with.”
“A little matter will move a party, but it must be something great that moves a nation.”
“The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture.”
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“Nonviolence is not merely a personal virtue. It is also a social virtue to be cultivated like other virtues.”