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Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people.

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There are seven sins in the world: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice and politics without principle.

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You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

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Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth.

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States should have the right to enact... laws...particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

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If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.

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Without a dream to light your way, the world is a very dark place.

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Once in a while you get shown the light in the stangest of places if you look at it right.

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.

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