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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.: Anne Swetchine
There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.: Miyamoto Musashi
Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority--literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.: Ignazio Silone, The God That Failed (1950)
My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society, to lessen the disposition to war; but of its abolition I despair.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe... Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), Mostly Harmless
Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), Song of the Open Road
Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs the root of art.: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.: Bergen Evans, The Natural History of Nonsense (1946)

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