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The second best thing about space travel is that the distances involved make war very difficult, usually impractical, and almost always unnecessary. This is probably… — Robert A. Heinlein
In ridiculing a pathetic human fallacy, which seeks explanation where none need be sought and which multiplies unnecessary assumptions, one should not mimic primitive ontology… — Christopher Hitchens
We should know why paternalism, collectivism, or unnecessary federal supervision will hold our standard of living down and reduce productivity just as it has in… — Ezra Taft Benson
Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself. — Francois Fenelon
Governments having failed the people, the people are entirely justified in assuming for themselves and essential role in government. Where a government takes proper measures… — Benjamin Franklin
If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary. — Sun Tzu
Should I become President...I will not risk American lives...by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the wrong place at… — John F. Kennedy
When one devotes oneself to meditation, mental burdens, unnecessary worries, and wandering thoughts drop off one by one; life seems to run smoothly and pleasantly.… — Nyogen Senzaki
Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the… — Dick Thornburgh
Britain has squandered its windfall of natural resources from North Sea oil and gas. Instead of prudently investing the 'unearned income' from nature, to build… — Andrew Simms
To help us bring benefit to others through our words and actions, it is useful to cultivate an attitude of sympathetic joy in others’ achievements… — Dalai Lama
A challenge to the designers of the world: Make signs unnecessary. — Donald A. Norman
Sir, when two people have the extraordinary quality of this state, words are not necessary. Where that quality of love exists, words become unnecessary. There… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
After Wakefield Poole's films, mine are unnecessary and a bit naive, don't you think? — Andy Warhol
Auntie Phyl's last months in the care home were extra pieces. Age is unnecessary. Some of us, like my mother, are fortunate enough to die… — Margaret Drabble
A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow. — Marcus Aurelius
Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice. — Sheryl Sandberg
We must build a world free of unnecessary barriers, stereotypes, and discrimination. ... policies must be developed, attitudes must be shaped, and buildings and organizations… — Barack Obama
Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to… — Harold Laski
The essential building block is...the true love that is impossible to define for those who have never experienced it and unnecessary to define for those… — Isaac Asimov
I've always believed that parents are not for leaning upon, but rather exist to make leaning unnecessary. — Wayne Dyer
When you find a man who knows his job and is willing to take responsibility, keep out of his way and don't bother him with… — Thomas Dreier
Both learned and unlearned young men seldom go to church, and in general do not attend to their spiritual education, looking upon it as unnecessary… — John of Kronstadt
The world is not fair. If you persist in presuming it is, you will create a lot of unnecessary misery for yourself. — Fred Green

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