I hold that man is in the right who is most closely in league with the future.

Henrik Ibsen

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Progress Moral theory

Author

Henrik Ibsen

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1882 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

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Norway Europe

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Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. Letter to Georg Brandes. 3 Jan. 1882.

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God is dead: but as the human race is constituted, there will perhaps be caves for millenniums yet, in which people will show his shadow.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 108.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Joyous Science, translated by R. Kevin Hill. Penguin Classics, 2019, bk. 3, no. 108.

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Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.

James Madison

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James Madison
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Federalist 51 The Federalist Papers
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Language
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Time
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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 51, The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments." New York Packet, 8 Feb. 1788.

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Madison, James. "No. 51: How to maintain: make the parts check each other. Also, a federal system divides power further.--Madison (or Hamilton)." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.