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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

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The world has changed.
I see it in the water.
I feel it in the Earth.
I smell it in the air.
Much that once was is lost,
For none now live who remember it.

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They deem me mad for I will not sell my days for gold; I deem them mad for they think my days have a price.

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A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

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It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

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We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

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Generous people are rarely mentally ill.

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This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.

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Authenticity matters little, though--our willingness to accept legends depends far more upon their expression of concepts we want to believe than upon their plausibility.

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You can forget a lot of things, but you cannot forget a woman

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