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Among politicians and businessmen, *Pragmatism* is the current term for 'To hell with our children.' — Edward Abbey
The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as the… — Alexander Hamilton
Like a young heir, come a little prematurely to a large inheritance, we shall wanton and run riot until we have brought our reputation to… — George Washington
There's something within you that knows what to do. There is a power greater than you that knows how to take care of you without… — Robert Adams
There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees, emanating from the mosses, seeping… — John Hay
The longer I live here, the better satisfied I am in having pitched my earthly camp-fire, gypsylike, on the edge of a town, keeping it… — James Lane Allen
Men have gained control over the forces of nature to such an extent that with their help they would have no difficulty exterminating one another… — Sigmund Freud
Knowledge is no longer an immobile solid; it has been liquefied. it is actively moving in all the currents of society itself — John Dewey
I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it seems… — Jacques Maritain
However much an ideologue tries to bury [Lenin] beneath a proof by historical analysis, there is always this one man standing their on the plain… — Louis Althusser
The only way out of the current crisis is to amend the Constitution. — Abhisit Vejjajiva
The current political tension is very serious. We have not yet ruled out a boycott of the election. — Abhisit Vejjajiva
Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in running the country [i.e. Iran] after the fall of… — Ruhollah Khomeini
After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As… — Anatoly Karpov
We're all looking for a plan that will work. The current plan is not working, and 21,500 additional troops -- it's a snowball in July.… — Arlen Specter
The events which transpired five thousand years ago; Five years ago or five minutes ago, have determined what will happen five minutes from now; five… — Dr. John
In trying to make a broader historical point about the range of atrocities the Germans committed against many people, I made a clumsy association about… — Oliver Stone
Vaccination is a barbarous practice and one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time. Conscientious objectors to vaccination should stand… — Mahatma Gandhi
Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is released into the… — Abdul Kalam
We will proceed with current land reform with or without sanctions, ... Let that position be known here and abroad and let the commercial farmers… — Robert Mugabe

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