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A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today.


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The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.



It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.

It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.



You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.

You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.



Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.



Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.



The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.

The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.



To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.

To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.



That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life

That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life



Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.



If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.

If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.





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I've never joined any organization - not even the ones I've organized myself. I prize my own independence too much.

I've never joined any organization - not even the ones I've organized myself. I prize my own independence too much.



Run a home like you would a small business and treat it with the same seriousness.

Run a home like you would a small business and treat it with the same seriousness.



I'm interested in doing some acting in the future, but it's a distant second to stand up.

I'm interested in doing some acting in the future, but it's a distant second to stand up.



In doing that which we most enjoy, we will probably make our most significant contribution to society, and the contribution we make to society determines our rewards.

In doing that which we most enjoy, we will probably make our most significant contribution to society, and the contribution we make to society determines our rewards.



God Himself is the best Poet, And the Real is His song.

God Himself is the best Poet, And the Real is His song.



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we can do anything when we decide to win no matter what!



As long as I am mayor of this city the great industries are secure.

As long as I am mayor of this city the great industries are secure.



Knowledge is more a matter of learning than of the exercise of absolute judgment. Learning requires time, and in time the situation dealt with, as well as the learner, undergoes change.

Knowledge is more a matter of learning than of the exercise of absolute judgment. Learning requires time, and in time the situation dealt with, as well as the learner, undergoes change.



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I see by the papers that they are going to do away with all the nuisance taxes. That means that a man can get a marriage license for nothing.

I see by the papers that they are going to do away with all the nuisance taxes. That means that a man can get a marriage license for nothing.




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