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  • Ronald Reagan No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Anatole France No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • F. Scott Fitzgerald No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    American writer (1896 - 1940)
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  • Lyman Beecher No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.
    Lyman Beecher
     
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  • Oscar Wilde No great artist ever sees things as they really are, if he did he would cease to be an artist.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Aristotle No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Emma Goldman No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • John Ruskin No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • John Ruskin No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Ernest Renan No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.
    Ernest Renan
    French writer and critic (1823 - 1892)
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  • Thomas Carlyle No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Menander of Athens No just person ever became quickly rich.
    Menander of Athens
    Greek dramati poet (342 - 291)
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  • John Ruskin No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Samuel Johnson No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Sydney Smith No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.
    Sydney Smith
    English writer and cleric (1856 - 1934)
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  • Napoleon Hill No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • William E. Gladstone No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
    William E. Gladstone
    British Liberal Prime Minister, Statesman (1809 - 1888)
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  • Alfred Lord Tennyson No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.
    Alfred Lord Tennyson
    English poet (1809 - 1892)
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  • Calvin Coolidge No man ever listened himself out of a job.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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