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...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a great many of… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and… — Thomas Jefferson
Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty… — Thomas Jefferson
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. — Paul Harvey
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit.… — Albert Schweitzer
I think there will come a time when civilized people will look back in horror on our generation and the ones that have preceded it;… — Dennis Weaver
If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands,… — Lloyd Alexander
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch advantages without paying… — Samuel Johnson
As I watch government at all levels daily eat away at our freedom, I keep thinking how prosperity and government largesse have combined to make… — Lyn Nofziger
To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the… — Thomas Jefferson
Who ordained that the few should have the land (of Britain) as a prerequisite; who made 10,000 people owners of the soil and the rest… — David Lloyd George
Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a… — Thomas Jefferson
We have to take advantage when luck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us. — Paulo Coelho
Roughly speaking, the President of the United States knows what his job is. Constitution and custom spell it out, for him as well as for… — Shana Alexander
It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world… — Norman Lear
We're [President Barack Obama and I] clear on the fact that we have to stay humble and prayerful. We have to dig down deep to… — Michelle Obama
The more I look around and listen I realize that I'm not alone. We are all facing choices that define us. No choice. However messy… — Sabrina Ward Harrison
And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray. — John Keble
Prayer draws us near to our own souls. — Herman Melville
God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them. — Richard J. Needham
Don't be afraid..." We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted by one is an awesome… — Madeleine L'Engle
Perhaps a great love is never returned. Had it been given warmth and shelter by its counterpart in the Other, perhaps it would have been… — Dag Hammarskjold
We the living, should not think of the dead as lonely because if they could speak to us, they would say: "Do not weep for… — Helen Keller
If from society we learn to live, solitude should teach us how to die. — Lord Byron

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