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For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.
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A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause…
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The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
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A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him…
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility…
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The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
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An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect…
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The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in…
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A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about…
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
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It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.
— Omar Bongo
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Some few, & I am one, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the North would…
— Charles Darwin
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preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people.
— Thomas Jefferson
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This attempt to ban smoking is an example of social engineering on a vast scale. Such massive intervention in the private lives…
— Unknown Author
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So much for the crusade against drugs . . . all America is actually doing is consolidating its position as the biggest…
— Alexander Cockburn
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The call to wage war against America was made because America has spear-headed the crusade against the Islamic nation, sending tens of…
— Osama bin Laden
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Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell…
— Jim Butcher
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I have a crusade against fondant, also shortening. There's no reason why wedding cakes can't taste good if you know what you're…
— Ron Ben-Israel
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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
— Irving Babbitt
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Everything that’s out now…rap wise and music wise in general [is whack]. I mean, you know whack when you see it. So…
— Jeru the Damaja
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
— A J P Taylor
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