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- Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Soul of Man Under Socialism
- You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.
- Charles Austin Beard (1874 - 1948)
- It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.
- Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939)
- The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
- Jodie Foster (1962 - )
- Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
- The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - or nothing.
- Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)
- The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
- George F. Will (1941 - )
- It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
- Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)
- I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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