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Quotations from Famous People - 124
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E. B. White
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
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William M. Evarts
It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne
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Danish proverb
Laws, like the spider's webs, catch the flies and let the hawk go free.
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Sir Thomas Browne
Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous.
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Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul unbelief, in denying them.
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Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 5 scene 1
Merrily, merrily shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
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George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004
For too long, many nations, including my own, tolerated, even excused, oppression in the Middle East in the name of stability. Oppression became common, but stability never arrived. We must take a different approach. We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations.
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Bertrand Russell
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
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Adlai E. Jr. Stevenson
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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Allison Poler
Happiness isn't the easiest thing to find, but one place you're guaranteed to find it is in a friend's smile.
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