"It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable……" — Robert Walpole

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• Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
• Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the… — Honore de Balzac
• Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in… — Honore de Balzac
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• Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead. — Daniel Barenboim
• Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams

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