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- The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.
- Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
- We are thus brought to a conception of Democracy not merely as a sentiment which desires the well-being of all men, nor yet as a…
- A Settlement is above all a place for enthusiasms, a spot to which those who have a passion for the equalization of human joys and…
- Of all aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment.
- I might believe I had unusual talent if I did not know what good music was; I might enjoy half an hour's practice a day…
- What after all, has maintained the human race on this old globe despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind,…
- In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat…
- We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person…
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- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle