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It's a poor rule that won't work both ways.


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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.



You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.



I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.



There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution



Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.



Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.



Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.



If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.



Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.



The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.





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A collection of errors does not make a truth: quality cannot stem from quantity – a value is not a weight. The reasons of the majority cannot be taken as good reasons.

A collection of errors does not make a truth: quality cannot stem from quantity – a value is not a weight. The reasons of the majority cannot be taken as good reasons.



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Everything looks cute when it's small.



The truth is that most mission work is carried out where the church already exists Only small percentages are working where the church is non-existent.

The truth is that most mission work is carried out where the church already exists Only small percentages are working where the church is non-existent.



I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.



The Western notion of masculinity goes back a long way. It doesn’t allow for women, and it’s also racist - it doesn’t allow for other cultures.

The Western notion of masculinity goes back a long way. It doesn’t allow for women, and it’s also racist - it doesn’t allow for other cultures.



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