wisdom Quotes
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In the high country of the mind one has to become adjusted to the thinner air of uncertainty.
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War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.
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Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other.
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Power in this country is often like hemophilia; it passes through women and then men get it.
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Peaceful coexistence cannot be limited to the powerful countries if we want to ensure world peace.
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May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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Because this is a country where everyone deserves the same freedom and opportunities to fulfill their dreams.
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It is more difficult to fight poverty in a rich country than in a poor one.
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The only motive that can keep politics pure is the motive of doing good for one’s country and its people.
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An allusion has been made to the Homestead Law. I think it worthy of consideration, and that the wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of benefitting his condition.