"Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character."
-Baruch Spinoza
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"I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.“
-Baruch Spinoza
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"For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
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"To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole."
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"Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts."
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"When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied."
-John Woolman
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