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The vices and moral weakness of man are not invincible: Man is perfectible, or in other words, susceptible of perpetual improvement.

The vices and moral weakness of man are not invincible: Man is perfectible, or in other words, susceptible of perpetual improvement.
– Thomas Robert Malthus

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  3. Progress is made by the improvement of people, not the improvement of machines. – Adrian Tchaikovsky
  4. The state of a moral man, is one of tranquillity and peace; the state of an immoral man is one of perpetual unrest. – Marquis de Sade
  5. [we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one. – Jules Verne
  6. An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything, and in this lies the great distinction between great man and little man.- Thomas Fuller – Bryan Curtis
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  9. Part of the human makeup which distinguishes man from other creatures is his ability to reason and make moral decisions. Man is a free moral agent. – Billy Graham
  10. Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes. – Simone de Beauvoir
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