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We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Radio broadcast, London, March 21, 1943
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The nature of society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow-by the tilt of the social landscape.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), The Temper of Our Time, 1967
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Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.: Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882), Orley Farm, chapter 49, 1950
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It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which our system is built. These values imply our adherence not only to liberty and individual freedom, but also to international peace, law and order, and constructive social purpose. When we depart from these value, we do so at our peril.: J. William Fulbright (1905 - ), Remarks in the Senate, June 29, 1961
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Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.: George Jean Nathan (1882 - 1958)
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Thomas Hart Benton, Chapter 12, 1897
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If I wanted to go crazy I would do it in Washington because it would not be noticed.: Irwin S. Cobb
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Ask counsel of both times-of the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), Of Great Place, 1625
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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.: John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)
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Action is character.: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940), The Last Tycoon, 1941
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