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- Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves. — Joseph Priestley
- Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of ideas, and therefore a perfectly mechanical thing. — Joseph Priestley
- It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting. — Joseph Priestley
- As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us. — Joseph Priestley
- Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other person whatever. — Joseph Priestley
- What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others. — Joseph Priestley