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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

Joseph Heller

From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
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Children Favor Influence Liberation Parents War
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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Dead Difference War Win
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Freedom People Question Want
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
The laws of nature are only as immutable as the minds which promote them. Ignorance of the law is 9/10ths of the law. Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
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Ignorance Law Mind Nature Paranoid Promote
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
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Angel Decent Heaven Human Impulse Poeple Saint Tragedy
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.
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Change Confidence Courage Discovery Dread Fear Lost
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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Country Dare Exercise Freedom Independence Traditonal
I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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Life Negative Responsiblity Run Save

They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

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