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With the greatest respect, we do not make the criminal law on the basis of opinion polls. A majority of 9:1 could…
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I have never read it. You should not waste your time.
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I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly…
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Over and above the political, economic, sociological, and international implications of racial prejudices, their major significance is that they place unnecessary burdens…
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The recognized achievements of some Negroes, despite rigid racial barriers, indicate that society by its prejudices may be depriving itself of valuable…
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The dark ghettos are social, political, educational and-above all-economic colonies. Their inhabitants are subject peoples, victims of the greed, cruelty, insensitivity, guilt,…
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Racial prejudices are indication of a disturbed and potentially unstable society.
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I look forward to the day when the Westminster Parliament is just a council chamber in Europe
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Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at…
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The political health of Britain has deteriorated very sharply. The Conservative Party must do something about it. I am the man to…
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However, we do not lack anti-terrorist laws. I do not believe that the recent London bombs were the result of any deficiencies…
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I am getting frustrated by the fact that we have been out of office for eight years. I desperately want to lead…
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The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate,…
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In the development of mankind as a whole, just as in individuals, love alone acts as the civilizing factor in the sense…
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We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.
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Gingrich - Primary mission, Advocate of civilization, Definer of civilization, Teacher of the rules of civilization, Leader of the civilizing forces.
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The law has no claim to human respect. It has no civilizing mission; its only purpose is to protect exploitation.
— Peter Kropotkin
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The civilizing process has increased the distance between behavior and the impulse life of the animal body.
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Books were despised by the Viking Tribes, as they were seen as a horrible civilizing influence and a threat to the barbarian…
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The lawyers' contribution to the civilizing of humanity is evidenced in the capacity of lawyers to argue furiously in the courtroom, then…
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How deep and sticky is the darkness of childhood, how rigid the blades of infant evil, which is unadulterated, unrestrained by the…
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All black people who are even minimally conscious, black people who have ever experienced Europe's technological power crusading in the vanguard of…
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