A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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Anand Thakur
A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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[I]t is difficult to picture the great Creator conceiving of a program of one creature (which He has made) using another living creature for purposes of experimentation.
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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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They cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
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Men may be born free
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A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
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Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.
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