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The more humanity owes him, the more society denies him. Every door is shut against him, even when he has a right to its being… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Fourth of July-memorable in the history of our nation as the great day of independence to its countrymen-had no claim upon our sympathies. They… — Henry McNeal Turner
Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is accompanied by sincere… — Rebecca West
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone. — Baron de Montesquieu
Out of our first century of national life we evolved the ethical principle that it was not right or just that an honest and industrious… — Frances Perkins
One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap. — Ida B. Wells
Success is meaningless if you can't sleep at night because of harsh things said, petty secrets sharpened against hard and stony regret, just waiting to… — Margaret Cho
Milestones you'd like to reach before retiring? Not really. Because when I began it was never to reach 100 games or reach 200 or to… — LaVell Edwards
If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all. — Charles Spurgeon
No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence. — Woodrow Wilson
At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You… — Cesare Pavese
I do see that there is an argument against suicide: the grief of the worshipers left behind, the awful famine in their hearts, these are… — Mark Twain
When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause and attend: the… — Al Alvarez
Last year a friend went dark in a nervous city alone, the sea flashing against his glasses, the sea sorted out at last in his… — Sylvia Plath
preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people. — Thomas Jefferson
music, drawing, books, invention & exercise will be so many resources to you against ennui. — Thomas Jefferson
When a general, unable to estimate the enemy's strength, allows an inferior force to engage a larger one, or hurls a weak detachment against a… — Sun Tzu
The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy. — Sun Tzu
Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made… — Niccolo Machiavelli
That prince is highly esteemed who conveys this impression of himself, and he who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against; for, provided it… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Other conditions being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of the former. — Sun Tzu
All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that you are far away; when… — Sun Tzu
The relative size of your force as against that of your adversary is by itself of no consequence. What controls is the relative size of… — Sun Tzu
One who has few must prepare against the enemy; one who has many makes the enemy prepare against him. — Sun Tzu
The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and to allow for the possibility… — J. William Fulbright

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