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- In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen.
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
- I kill when I hunt and do not apologize for that, although I reserve the right to think about its implications. I also hunt without killing- whether by accident or design-and I do not apologize for that either. There is room in longbow country for a spectrum of tastes and attitudes, and that is as it should be.
- E. Donnall Thomas, Jr.
- I have always noticed in politics how often men are ruined by having too good a memory.
- Alexis De Tocqueville (1805 - 1859)
- In God's wildness lies the hope of the world - the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
- John Muir (1838 - 1914), John of the Mountains, 1938
- The rich man may never get into heaven, but the pauper is already serving his term in hell.
- Alexander Chase, Perspectives, 1966
- To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Soul of a Man Under Socialism, 1881
- To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
- e e Cummings (1894 - 1962), Selected Letters, 1955
- I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
- Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)
- The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security for the minorities.
- Lord Acton
- We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
- Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745), Thoughts on Various Subjects, 1711
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