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We can say things with words； and we can do things with words.
Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.
War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war， is much worse.
A law of nature， lex naturalis， is a precept or general rule found out by reason， by which a man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life or takes away the means of preserving the same.
War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things； the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
In all things， it is necessary to create a system.
Justice means minding your own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
Freedom is not the power to do what we want， but the right to do what we ought.
In everything， there is a limit beyond which we cannot go.
It is not the criminal things that are hardest to confess， but the ridiculous and shameful things.
To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy， in our age， can do for those who study it.
To do great things is difficult，but to command great things is more difficult.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
There are certain things that we cannot make ourselves believe， no matter how hard we try.