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The ultimate aim of production is not production of goods but the production of free human beings associated with one another on terms of equality. — John Dewey
You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality. — Woodrow Wilson
If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might… — Christiaan Barnard
The first need of a free people is to define their own terms. — Stokely Carmichael
Forgiveness is God's invention for coming to terms with a world in which people are unfair to each other and hurt each other deeply. He… — Lewis B. Smedes
More than once I have been humiliated by my resemblance to God the father; He is always longing for the love of His children and… — Mark Twain
Truth is cosmically total: synergetic. Verities are generalized principles stated in semimetaphorical terms. Verities are differentiable. But love is omniembracing, omnicoherent, and omni-inclusive, with no… — R. Buckminster Fuller
We risk losing what nature is if we couch its value in human terms. — Unknown Author
power... Military success is not sufficient to win: economic development, institution-building and the rule of law, promoting internal reconciliation, good governance, providing basic services to… — Robert M. Gates
By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon, and it will be American. — Newt Gingrich
If you go to the city of Washington, you will find that almost all of those corporation lawyers and cowardly politicians, members of congress, and… — Eugene V. Debs
Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve… — Dalai Lama
Tolerance, a term which we sometimes use in place of the words respect, mercy, generosity, or forbearance, is the most essential element of moral systems;… — Fethullah Gulen
That is how the atom is split. But what does it mean ? To us who think in terms of practical use it means -… — Peter Ritchie Calder
Classical physics has been superseded by quantum theory: quantum theory is verified by experiments. Experiments must be described in terms of classical physics. — Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker
I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has… — Carl Sagan
A truly free society must not include a peace which oppresses us. We must learn on our own terms what peace and freedom mean together.… — Petra Kelly
Poverty is not something people impose on themselves for want of effort and community organisation. It is constructed by divisive and discriminatory laws, inflexible organisations,… — Pete Townshend
Does truth prevail more if we are not on speaking terms with those whose view of truth differs from ours? — C. H. Dodd
I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. — Dalai Lama

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