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Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusementGeorge Bancroft
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By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy.George Bancroft
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The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.George Bancroft
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Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.George Bancroft
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The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.George Bancroft
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The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.George Bancroft