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- Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- The condition upon which God has given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
- John Philpot Curran, in a speech July 10, 1790
- Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all art and science. - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
- If you listened hard enough the first time, you might have heard what I meant to say.
- Unknown
- The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
- Dorothy Nevill
- Forget your enemies. It's your friends you frustrate that cause all the problems.
- Michael J. Tucker
- Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.
- Robert Byrne
- There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
- Montesquieu, 1742
- The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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