"Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give."
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"People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf."
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"That the sun shines tomorrow is a judgement that is as true as the contrary judgement."
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"Judgement is the forbidden objectivization of the other person which destroys single-minded love. I am not forbidden to have my own thoughts about the other person, to realize his shortcomings, but only to the extent that it offers to me an occasion for forgiveness and unconditional love, as Jesus proves to me."
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"Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary."
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"The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing."
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"No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye."
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"Prejudice is opinion without judgement."
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"Judgements like "right" and "wrong"; only build barriers and encourage shame within individuals."
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"Hear Everything and judge for yourself"
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"You shall be held down by the chains of your own judgment."
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"The saint and the sinner are twin brothers...one was born but the moment before the other."
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"The death penalty is reserved for people who do not"
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"There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived from Reason, or from Sentiment; whether we attain the knowledge of them by a chain of argument and induction, or by an immediate feeling and finer internal sense; whether, like all sound judgement of truth and falsehood, they should be the same to every rational intelligent being; or whether, like the perception of beauty and deformity, they be founded entirely on the particular fabric and constitution of the human species."
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"Would you rather be right or free?"
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"It's true that the judgement of what firearms should be prohibited will be decided by the government of the day - and shouldn't it be that way?"
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"One cool judgement is worth a thousand hasty councils."
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"The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it."
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"It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it"
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"In respect to foresight and firmness, the people are more prudent, more stable, and have better judgement than princes."
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