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Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, the pursuit must go on.

-- John F. Kennedy

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In 1891 the Brazilian Minister of Finance decreed the abolition of history; he ordered the destruction of every document which dealt in any way with slavery or the slave trade; a nation-wide burning of the books.

-- Manu Herbstein

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My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education.

-- Ronnie James Dio

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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

-- William James

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It's about time we all faced up to the truth. If we accept the radical homosexual agenda, be it in the military or in marriage or in other areas of our lives, we are utterly destroying the concept of family.

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The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

-- Richard Bach

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I do not know that the Chinese system is any worse; there is a limit to the evil one despot alone can do, and if he is truly vicious he can be overthrown; a hundred corrupt members of Parliament may together do as much injustice or more, and be the less easy to uproot.

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Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for truth is guilty of a kind of treachery

-- Bertrand Russell

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A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.

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That which is now called natural philosophy, embracing the whole circle of science, of which astronomy occupies the chief place, is the study of the works of God, and of the power and wisdom of God in his works, and is the true theology.

-- Thomas Paine

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