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Crime is contagious....if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law.


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We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.



The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.

The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.



Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.



Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.

Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.



The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.

The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.



If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.

If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.



It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.



Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.



The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.



If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.





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I could've loved you but the line is too long and your passiveness is endless.

I could've loved you but the line is too long and your passiveness is endless.



It is the best investment to make an impact on others, because even when you're dead money alone will not bury you.

It is the best investment to make an impact on others, because even when you're dead money alone will not bury you.



I learned a lot when I was 14 and 15 years old doing chores inside and outside the household, and as a result, I grew up with a good work ethic.

I learned a lot when I was 14 and 15 years old doing chores inside and outside the household, and as a result, I grew up with a good work ethic.



I think my passion is misinterpreted as anger sometimes. And I don't think people are ready for the message that I'm delivering, and delivering with a sense of violent love.

I think my passion is misinterpreted as anger sometimes. And I don't think people are ready for the message that I'm delivering, and delivering with a sense of violent love.



Once our storyline gets under way, I just hope people don't throw cabbages at me in the market.

Once our storyline gets under way, I just hope people don't throw cabbages at me in the market.



Then teach me how to not care about someone who was everything to me. All I want is to know she's okay. Is that too much to ask?

Then teach me how to not care about someone who was everything to me. All I want is to know she's okay. Is that too much to ask?



I know this much: if you gotta write, honey, you gotta write. Some call it a disease, some a madness. Ah, but I call it love.

I know this much: if you gotta write, honey, you gotta write. Some call it a disease, some a madness. Ah, but I call it love.



Because - oh shut up laughing, you two - because they've just been turned down by girls they asked to the ball!

Because - oh shut up laughing, you two - because they've just been turned down by girls they asked to the ball!



And so they fought. And so they laughed. Friends. And before they knew it, They were inseparable.

And so they fought. And so they laughed. Friends. And before they knew it, They were inseparable.



The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.




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