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  • Mikhail Gorbachev Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.
    Mikhail Gorbachev
    Russian and former Soviet politician (1931 - )
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  • Bruce Schneier Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy our country's way of life; it's only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage.
    Bruce Schneier
    American cryptographer, computer security professional and writer (1963 - )
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. How is it possible that society should escape destruction if the moral tie is not strengthened in proportion as the political tie is relaxed? And what can be done with a people who are their own masters if they are not submissive to the Deity?
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Samuel Johnson Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to be quite true.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Epictetus Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty, God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Burning Spear Dig into the roots of culture, and it will grow. It's like a grass that is growing, and it cannot stop, and music is like the fertilizer for that.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • Bill Hybels Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This is the mentality of the Cold War era. We must face the realities of the 21st century. The Conference on Disarmament can be a driving force for building a safer world and a better future.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Anna C. Brackett Do not seek for information of which you cannot make use.
    Anna C. Brackett
    American philosopher and feminist
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  • Thomas Wentworth Higginson Do not waste a minute - not a second - in trying to demonstrate to others the merits of your performance. If your work does not vindicate itself, you cannot vindicate it.
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson Do not write merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Salvador Dali Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • John Wooden Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
    John Wooden
    American basketball player and head coach (1910 - 2010)
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  • William Shakespeare Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
    Much ado about nothing (1598)
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Duty cannot exist without faith.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • George Eliot Each thought is a nail that is driven In structures that cannot decay; And the mansion at last will be given To us as we build it each day.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Emile Durkheim Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently, cannot be explained by the social and general causes of the phenomenon.
    Emile Durkheim
    French sociologist (1858 - 1917)
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  • Thomas Moore Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
    Thomas Moore
    Irish poet (1779 - 1852)
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  • Herbert Hoover Economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.
    Herbert Hoover
    American engineer, businessman and politician (1874 - 1964)
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  • George V. Higgins Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.
    George V. Higgins
    American author, lawyer and newspaper columnist (1939 - 1999)
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