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Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.: Henry Clay (1777 - 1852)
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When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence, originating in the bare needs of life, and continuing in existence for the sake of a good life.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics, book 1, chapter 2
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We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both absolutely and relatively. We must set ourselves vigorously about the task of improving them; and this task is now well begun.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), The City in Modern Life, 1926
This nation was founded by many men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Radio and television report to the American people in civil rights, June 11, 1963
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But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness-each system only too delighted to find that the other is wicked-each only too glad that the sins give it the pretext for still deeper hatred and animosity.: Herbert Butterfield, Christianity, Diplomacy and War
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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), Letter to Dr. William Allan Nielson, January 9, 1940
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Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936), What's Wrong with the World, chapter 3, 1910
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The conservative in financial circles I have often described as a man who thinks nothing new ought ever to be adopted for the first time.: Frank A. Vanderlip, From Farm Boy to Financier, chapter 25, 1935
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Contempt is not a thing to be despised.: Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), Letters on a Regicide Peace, 1796
One of the greatest disservices you can do to a man is to lend him money that he can't pay back.: Jesse H. Jones, The New York Times Magazine, July 2, 1939
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