We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system … - Charles Caleb Colton

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Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.

Charles Caleb Colton

We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established, and it is understood.

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