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Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.
— A Whitney Griswold |
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It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.
— A. A. Hodge |
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Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley.
But always, if we have faith, God will open a door for us, not perhaps one that we ourselves would ever have thought of, but one that will ultimately prove good for us.
— A.J. Cronin |
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It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.
— Aaliyah |
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Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
— Abigail Adams |
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
— Abraham Lincoln |
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I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
— Abraham Lincoln |
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
— Abraham Lincoln |
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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
— Abraham Lincoln |
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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
— Abraham Lincoln |
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If I was given eight hours to chop down a tree, I would spend seven hours sharpening my ax.
— Abraham Lincoln |
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I do the best I know how, the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
— Abraham Lincoln |
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
— Abraham Lincoln |
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
— Abraham Lincoln |
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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
— Abraham Lincoln |
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
— Abraham Lincoln |
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People who are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.
— Abraham Maslow |
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If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
— Abraham Maslow |
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The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.
— Adlai E. Stevenson |
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Freedom rings where opinions clash.
— Adlai E. Stevenson |
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He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
— Aesop |
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One must talk little and listen much.
— African Proverb |
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When the music changes, so does the dance.
— African Proverb |
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However long the night, the dawn will break.
— African Proverb |
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Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
— African Proverb |
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