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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters…
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I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus…
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that…
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and…
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development…
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It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for…
— Nelson Mandela
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To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with…
— Scott Watson
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Is it not arrogance or narrow-mindedness to claim that there is only one way of salvation or that the way we follow…
— Billy Graham
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Here I am, back in Mecca. I am still traveling, trying to broaden my mind, for I've seen too much of the…
— Malcolm X
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When I awaken in the morning, I am thankful for a new day. I am thankful for everything that I have materially.…
— Betty Eadie
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We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children's children. There has…
— Abdallah II
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Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable…
— Mark Twain
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People should decide on the books' meanings for themselves. They'll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness,…
— Philip Pullman
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Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
— Mark Twain
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