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Like President Reagan, President Bush has not shied from calling evil by its name or declaring his intention to defeat its latest incarnation, terrorism, just as free men and women of all political persuasions, here and abroad, defeated fascism and communism before.

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It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.

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Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved.

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Roots creep under the ground to make a firm foundation. Shoots seems new and small, but to reach the light they can break through brick walls.

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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

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Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree what they are made of, where they come from, or how often the should appear.

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If you are interested in stories with happy endings you would be better off reading some other book.

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On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory.

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What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story,
And the greatest good is little enough:
for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.

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Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more. You should never wish to do less.

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