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  • Marshall Mcluhan Schizophrenia may be a necessary consequence of literacy.
    Marshall Mcluhan
    Canadian professor and philosopher (1911 - 1980)
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  • Albert Einstein Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgments of all kinds remain necessary.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Bob Rae Self-interest is a necessary but hardly a sufficient basis for a decent society.
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    Bob Rae
    Canadian diplomat, lawyer and negotiator (1948 - )
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  • Sir James Matthew Barrie Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.
    Sir James Matthew Barrie
    British playwright (1860 - 1937)
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  • Alexander Herzen Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others.
    Alexander Herzen
    Russian journalist and political thinker (1812 - 1870)
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  • Aleksander Kwasniewski So I think that is one of the reasons we can face some regional problems, which are very difficult, very dramatic and is necessary to have instruments to solve these problems. NATO is such instrument.
    Aleksander Kwasniewski
    Polish politician and journalist (1954 - )
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  • Thomas Paine Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • George Santayana Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Samuel Johnson Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bernard Gilpin Some relaxation is necessary to people of every degree; the head that thinks and the hand that labors, must have some little time to recruit their diminished powers.
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  • Bjork Sometimes, when I have a lot of ideas and I want to do a lot of things, or when I'm traveling, I lose energy and I can't do as many things as I want. So I have to plan days when I'm not doing anything. I find that a bit boring, but it's necessary.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • St. Francis of Assisi Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
    St. Francis of Assisi
    Italian saint, founder of the Franciscan monastic order (1182 - 1226)
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  • Anthony Trollope Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • George Santayana That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Avicenna That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.
    Avicenna
    Persian polymath (0 - 1037)
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  • John Foster Dulles The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.
    John Foster Dulles
    American diplomat (1888 - 1959)
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  • Benjamin Tucker The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a voluntary basis, which will restrain invaders by any means that may prove necessary.
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • Joseph Conrad The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Anna Lindh The conflict in the Middle East needs to be solved for the same reasons. It is necessary to reach a two-states solution, built on international law, for sustainable peace and development, and it can only be achieved through joint efforts by the international community.
    Anna Lindh
    Swedish Social Democratic politician (1957 - 2003)
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