I condole with you, we have lost a most dear and valuable relation, but it is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals? A new member added to their happy society? We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God -- when they become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain rather than pleasure -- instead of an aid, become an incumbrance and answer none of the intentions for which they were given, it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we may get rid of them. Death is that way. We ourselves prudently choose a partial death. In some cases a mangled painful limb, which cannot be restored, we willingly cut off -- He who plucks out a tooth, parts with it freely since the pain goes with it, and he that quits the whole body, parts at once with all pains and possibilities of pains and diseases it was liable to, or capable of making him suffer. Our friend and we are invited abroad on a party of pleasure -- that is to last forever -- His chair was first ready and he is gone before us -- we could not all conveniently start together, and why should you and I be grieved at this, since we are soon to follow, and we know where to find him.
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People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a 'have' type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a 'have not' type of self.
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No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity. With equal, nay with greater reason, a body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time.
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It is weakness rather than wickedness which renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited power
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Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
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I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them. Censors only read a book with great difficulty, moving their lips as they puzzle out each syllable, when someone tells them that the book is unfit to read.
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The unfit die -- the fit both live and thrive. Alas, who say so They who do survive.
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To be turned from one's course by men's opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation shows a man unfit to hold an office.
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In the past I've had a bad injury, and then struggled when I've got back because I've been unfit.
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... women are supposed to be unfit to vote because they are hysterical and emotional and of course men would not like to have emotion enter in...
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right
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Alas, why would you heap this care on me? I am unfit for state and majesty....
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
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What is a committee A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary.
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We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life; it is because we tire of our responsibility.
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Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.
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All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.
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An angry man is unfit to pray
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Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.
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A committee is a group of the unwilling, chosen from the unfit, to do the unnecessary.
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A committee is a group of the unwilling chosen form the unfit, to do the unnecessary.
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What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary.
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