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A Nation's best defense is an educated citizenry


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I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.



Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.



Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.



The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.



I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.



I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.



When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.



Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.



The government you elect is the government you deserve.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.



Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.





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Falsehood of a good man is better than truth of a bad one.

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Knowledge about the economy, ideas about capitalism and government, the future of the world and geopolitics were things I was never really interested in.

Knowledge about the economy, ideas about capitalism and government, the future of the world and geopolitics were things I was never really interested in.



It would be a godsend if the Church would suffer persecution today; she hasn't suffered it for hundreds of years. She is growing rich and lagging behind. Going back.

It would be a godsend if the Church would suffer persecution today; she hasn't suffered it for hundreds of years. She is growing rich and lagging behind. Going back.



Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.



There have been concerns about the long-term prospect that we lose control of certain kinds of intelligences. I fundamentally don’t think that’s going to happen.

There have been concerns about the long-term prospect that we lose control of certain kinds of intelligences. I fundamentally don’t think that’s going to happen.



I've been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.

I've been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.



Man has here two and a half minutes-one to smile, one to sigh, and a half to love: for in the midst of this minute he dies.

Man has here two and a half minutes-one to smile, one to sigh, and a half to love: for in the midst of this minute he dies.



Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.

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No one should be adored, it's fundamentally immoral.

No one should be adored, it's fundamentally immoral.



I was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.

I was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.




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