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You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of Beck, Limbaugh, etc.… — Paul Krugman
Morality was not relative, they claimed, nor even existing solely in the realm of human condition. No, they proclaimed morality was an imperative of all… — Steven Erikson
One does not deceive oneself about the consequences of one's acts; one deceives oneself about the ease with which one can live with those consequences. — John Edward
Some will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts & Is, in existing beings or Men. — William Blake
The demagogue is usually sly, a detractor of others, a professor of humility and disinterestedness, a great stickler for equality as respects all above him,… — James F. Cooper
To destroy a man is difficult, almost as difficult as to create one: it has not been easy, nor quick, but you Germans have succeeded.… — Primo Levi
A warrior takes responsibility for his acts, for the most trivial of acts. An average man acts out his thoughts, and never takes responsibility for… — Dan Millman
Every woman who has come to consciousness can recall an almost endless series of oppressive, violating, insulting, assaulting acts against her Self. Every woman is… — Mary Daly
Power always acts destructively, for its possessors are ever striving to lace all phenomena of social life into a corset of their laws to give… — Rudolf Rocker
It is self-evident that no number of men, by conspiring, and calling themselves a government, can acquire any rights whatever over other men, or other… — Lysander Spooner
Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one man harms the person or… — Lysander Spooner
In other words, the barbaric acts carried out in this building were probably almost a matter of routine. — Geoff Hoon
Buying a pair of shoes is one of the most optimistic acts I know, next to falling in love. I like nothing better than to… — Jonathan Carroll
In some instances, you may care so much about the person who has hurt you, or be so unable to be angry with him (or… — Paul Ekman
We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts....… — Calvin Coolidge
Timing is everything. Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how far he is likely to go in… — B. C. Forbes
I am myself persuaded, on the basis of extensive study of the historical evidence, that... the severity of each of the contractions - 1920-21, 1929-33,… — Milton Friedman
Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Our acts our angels are, for good or ill, our fatal shadows that walk by us still. — John Fletcher
There are only two answers for the handling of people from 2.0 down on the Tone Scale, neither one of which has anything to do… — L. Ron Hubbard
Magick has many aspects, but primarily it acts as a dramatized system of “psychology — Robert Anton Wilson
Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferrals of information — Paulo Freire
You spend hours alone, only with your thoughts, and you torture yourself. It's a tendency of many writers to temper the self-destructive act of writing… — Ben Gibbard
What distinguishes genocide from murder, and even from acts of political murder that claim as many victims, is the intent. The crime is wanting to… — Philip Gourevitch
Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations, and occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social reality. It has no… — Mary Douglas

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