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J.M. Green Quotes: "Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics."

Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.



J.M. Green Quotes: "There is something tenderly appropriate in the serene death of the old. Nothing is more touching than the death of the young, the strong."

There is something tenderly appropriate in the serene death of the old. Nothing is more touching than the death of the young, the strong.




J.M. Green Quotes: "Intelligence, guided by kindness, is the highest wisdom. . . ."

Intelligence, guided by kindness, is the highest wisdom. . . .



J.M. Green Quotes: "I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally formed in accordance with a vote."

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally formed in accordance with a vote.




J.M. Green Quotes: "The history of intellectual progress is written in the lives of infidels."

The history of intellectual progress is written in the lives of infidels.



J.M. Green Quotes: "The emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free lips, self- government, and the sovereignty of the individual."

The emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free lips, self- government, and the sovereignty of the individual.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Every church that has a standard higher than human welfare is dangerous."

Every church that has a standard higher than human welfare is dangerous.




J.M. Green Quotes: "At thirty most men have prejudices rather than opinions-that is to say, rather than judgments-and few men have lived to be sixty without materially modifying the opinions they held at thirty."

At thirty most men have prejudices rather than opinions-that is to say, rather than judgments-and few men have lived to be sixty without materially modifying the opinions they held at thirty.



J.M. Green Quotes: "By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think and the right to think wrong."

By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think and the right to think wrong.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . . So that, after all, the real aristocracy must be that of goodness where the intellect is directed by the heart."

Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . . So that, after all, the real aristocracy must be that of goodness where the intellect is directed by the heart.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Christianity has made more lunatics than it ever provided asylums for."

Christianity has made more lunatics than it ever provided asylums for.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Nothing is greater than to break the chains from the bodies of men, nothing nobler than to destroy the phantom of the soul."

Nothing is greater than to break the chains from the bodies of men, nothing nobler than to destroy the phantom of the soul.




J.M. Green Quotes: "Logic is not satisfied with assertion. It cares nothing for the opinions of the great; nothing for the prejudices of the many, and least of all for the superstitions of the dead."

Logic is not satisfied with assertion. It cares nothing for the opinions of the great; nothing for the prejudices of the many, and least of all for the superstitions of the dead.



J.M. Green Quotes: "The greatest superstition now entertained by public men is that hypocrisy is the royal road to success."

The greatest superstition now entertained by public men is that hypocrisy is the royal road to success.



J.M. Green Quotes: "We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by being made judges their prejudices are not diminished and their intelligence is not increased."

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by being made judges their prejudices are not diminished and their intelligence is not increased.



J.M. Green Quotes: "If we have the right to use our reason, we certainly have the right to act in accordance with it, and no god can have the right to punish us for such action"

If we have the right to use our reason, we certainly have the right to act in accordance with it, and no god can have the right to punish us for such action



J.M. Green Quotes: "Great virtues may draw attention from defects, they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a diamond surrounded by pebbles is still a gem."

Great virtues may draw attention from defects, they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a diamond surrounded by pebbles is still a gem.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Wait until the world is free before you write a creed. In this creed there will be but one word -- Liberty."

Wait until the world is free before you write a creed. In this creed there will be but one word -- Liberty.



J.M. Green Quotes: "All religions are inconsistent with mental freedom. Shakespeare is my bible, Burns my hymn-book."

All religions are inconsistent with mental freedom. Shakespeare is my bible, Burns my hymn-book.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Liberty cannot be sacrificed for the sake of anything."

Liberty cannot be sacrificed for the sake of anything.



J.M. Green Quotes: "If there is a God, there should be no slaves."

If there is a God, there should be no slaves.



J.M. Green Quotes: "It is impossible for me to conceive of a character more utterly detestable than that of the Hebrew god."

It is impossible for me to conceive of a character more utterly detestable than that of the Hebrew god.



J.M. Green Quotes: "We have at last ascertained that miracles can be perfectly understood; that there is nothing mysterious about them; that they are simply transparent falsehoods."

We have at last ascertained that miracles can be perfectly understood; that there is nothing mysterious about them; that they are simply transparent falsehoods.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music."

Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world."

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Sacred are the lips from which has issued only truth."

Sacred are the lips from which has issued only truth.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Take the word Liberty from human speech and all the other words become poor, withered, meaningless sounds - but with that word realized - with that word understood, the world becomes a paradise."

Take the word Liberty from human speech and all the other words become poor, withered, meaningless sounds - but with that word realized - with that word understood, the world becomes a paradise.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his faculties: perception, invention, improvisation."

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his faculties: perception, invention, improvisation.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Jehovah was not a moral god. He had all the vices and he lacked all the virtues. He generally carried out all his threats, but he never faithfully kept a promise."

Jehovah was not a moral god. He had all the vices and he lacked all the virtues. He generally carried out all his threats, but he never faithfully kept a promise.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Do the best that can be done and then . . . be resigned."

Do the best that can be done and then . . . be resigned.



J.M. Green Quotes: "It is labor that has made the world a fit habitation for the human race."

It is labor that has made the world a fit habitation for the human race.



J.M. Green Quotes: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius."

It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Joy is wealth and love is the legal tender of the soul."

Joy is wealth and love is the legal tender of the soul.



J.M. Green Quotes: "The ideas of right and wrong change with the experience of the race, and this change is wrought by the gradual ascertaining of consequences - of results."

The ideas of right and wrong change with the experience of the race, and this change is wrought by the gradual ascertaining of consequences - of results.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Love your friends and be just to your enemies."

Love your friends and be just to your enemies.



J.M. Green Quotes: "The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought."

The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought.



J.M. Green Quotes: "It cannot be too often repeated, that truth scorns the assistance of miracle."

It cannot be too often repeated, that truth scorns the assistance of miracle.



J.M. Green Quotes: "They knew no better, but I do not propose to follow the example of a barbarian because he was honestly a barbarian."

They knew no better, but I do not propose to follow the example of a barbarian because he was honestly a barbarian.



J.M. Green Quotes: "I cannot see why we should expect an infinite God to do better in another world than he does in this."

I cannot see why we should expect an infinite God to do better in another world than he does in this.



J.M. Green Quotes: "The meanest hut with love in it is a palace fit for the gods, and a palace without love is a den only fit for wild beasts."

The meanest hut with love in it is a palace fit for the gods, and a palace without love is a den only fit for wild beasts.



J.M. Green Quotes: "No God can put a man in hell in another world, who has made a little heaven in this. God cannot make a man miserable if that man has made somebody else happy."

No God can put a man in hell in another world, who has made a little heaven in this. God cannot make a man miserable if that man has made somebody else happy.



J.M. Green Quotes: "There is only one way to be happy, and that is to make somebody else so, and you cannot be happy by going cross lots; you have got to go the regular turnpike road."

There is only one way to be happy, and that is to make somebody else so, and you cannot be happy by going cross lots; you have got to go the regular turnpike road.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Hope is the consolation of the world."

Hope is the consolation of the world.



J.M. Green Quotes: "There is no slavery but ignorance."

There is no slavery but ignorance.



J.M. Green Quotes: "The moment you introduce a despotism in the world of thought, you succeed in making hypocrites - and you get in such a position that you never know what your neighbor thinks."

The moment you introduce a despotism in the world of thought, you succeed in making hypocrites - and you get in such a position that you never know what your neighbor thinks.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Whoever saw an angel barefooted?"

Whoever saw an angel barefooted?



J.M. Green Quotes: "Heresy is what the minority believe; it is the name given by the powerful to the doctrines of the weak."

Heresy is what the minority believe; it is the name given by the powerful to the doctrines of the weak.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Character survives; goodness lives; love is immortal."

Character survives; goodness lives; love is immortal.



J.M. Green Quotes: "Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest ideal."

Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest ideal.