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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new… — Hannah Arendt
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude… — Hannah Arendt
I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider… — Aristotle
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right… — Aristotle
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but… — Aristotle
The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam… — Karen Armstrong
But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives in a larger… — Karen Armstrong
Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a… — Karen Armstrong
The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and to the increase… — Chester A. Arthur
We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it - which is… — Julian Assange
We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against the organization for our work,… — Julian Assange
If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet… — Francis of Assisi
Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people 'the cops.' But you know, sometimes, you've just got no choice;… — Dave Attell
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his powerless subjects. That's… — Chinua Achebe
If one of the arguments against eating meat is to do with cruelty and animal intelligence, then lab meat avoids that. There's also the environmental… — Margaret Atwood
The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing a novel, you… — Margaret Atwood
You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet. And any form… — Margaret Atwood
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against… — Marcus Aurelius

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