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- There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
- George Eliot (1819 - 1880), The Mill on the Floss, 1860
- Pathos, piety, courage, — they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value.
- E. M. Forster (1879 - 1970), A Passage to India, 1924
- If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
- E. M. Forster (1879 - 1970), Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951
- The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.
- Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929
- American foreign policy must be more than the management of crisis. It must have a great and guiding goal: to turn this time of American influence into generations of democratic peace.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), speech, November 19, 1999
- The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And habits of liberty create expectations of democracy.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), speech, November 19, 1999
- America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused – preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), speech, November 19, 1999
- The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), Inaugural address, 2001
- We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. We know that oppressive governments support terror, while free governments fight the terrorists in their midst. We know that free peoples embrace progress and life, instead of becoming the recruits for murderous ideologies.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004
- The desire for freedom resides in every human heart. And that desire cannot be contained forever by prison walls, or martial laws, or secret police. Over time, and across the Earth, freedom will find a way.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004
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