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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
I love this country, but the union jack leaves me cold.
To build a mass movement, nonviolence is indispensable.
She had rooms in her mind that she would not look into.
Have a chance to create a society to match its scenery.
I do believe that actions often speak louder than words.
Nothing fails like success when you rely on it too much.
The power to command frequently causes failure to think.
The two great tests of character are wealth and poverty.
Abandon all hopes of utopia - there are people involved.
The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.
An attack on public education is an attack on democracy.
An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school.
To an active mind, indolence is more painful than labor.
The religion of Jesus Christ is neither new nor strange.
After a day's walk everything has twice its usual value.
Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.
It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.
Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.
Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.
It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.
I am very fortunate, and I never stopped being thankful.
Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.
The strong look for more strength, the weak for excuses.
You have to raise $100 million, probably, to be serious.
For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.
Goering was a contradictory [and] complex ... character.
Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.
We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace.
The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom...never .
Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.
I had a happy childhood and acceptance in the community.
If we don't know where we are, we don't know who we are.
Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness.
Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence.
Arguments can always be found to turn desire into policy.
The sentiment of fear is nearly allied to that of hatred.
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
The mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization.
Nationalism is both a vital medicine and a dangerous drug
Never say anything that, down inside, you think is wrong.
If Reagan wins, I'd sell the farm and buy a bomb shelter.
That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain.
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.