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Man should not be in the service of society, society should be in the service of man. When man is in the service of society,… — Joseph Campbell
Certainly Star Wars has a valid mythological perspective. It shows the state as a machine and asks, "Is the machine going to crush humanity or… — Joseph Campbell
Now, when Luke Skywalker unmasks his father, he is taking off the machine role that the father has played. The father was the uniform. That… — Joseph Campbell
I find it hard to understand why those who demand Unitary Education by the State do not also demand a Unitary Press by the State...… — Frederic Bastiat
The single most prevalent form of child abuse in this country is the act of sending a child to a government school. We worry incessantly… — Neal Boortz
No Congress of the United States ever assembled, on surveying the state of the Union, has met with a more pleasing prospect than that which… — Calvin Coolidge
The law has been perverted, and the powers of the state have become perverted along with it. The law has not only been turned from… — Frederic Bastiat
Sleep is a state in which a great part of every life is passed. No animal has yet been discovered, whose existence is not varied… — Samuel Johnson
Kids nowadays...tend to go overboard [on] protein - something I believe to be totally unnecsssary...[I state in] my formula for basic good eating: Eat about… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
There are books in rivulets and sermons in stones. You can gather lessons from everything. If a man does nothing whatsoever he recedes into his… — Kirpal Singh
In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that… — Baron de Montesquieu
Michael wasn't on the pool deck, which was hard for me. None of my old Coral Springs teammates were around. Still, that old plane of… — Dara Torres
Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
As women politicians, we talk about the most difficult themes of state security, foreign relations and development models, then ask, 'How do you make it… — Michelle Bachelet
When I write about "realizations," I am describing a state in which a practitioner has wisdom of who she or he is, and has embodied… — Russell Targ
'Tis dangerous to think - For who by thinking tempts his jealous Fate, Is straight arraign'd as Traytor to the State, And none that come… — John Wilmot
This mortal probation is a brief period-just a short span, linking the eternity of the past with the eternity of the future. Yet it was… — ElRay L. Christiansen
Imagine not being frightened by any feeling. Imagine knowing that nothing will destroy you. That you are beyond any feeling, and state. Bigger than. Vaster… — Geneen Roth
Most of the State of the Union will not be about Iraq. Most of the State of the Union will be about improving America's economy… — Ari Fleischer
When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven. It was clear that… — Hideki Tojo

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