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Quote by Naguib Mahfouz
I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the indivi

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees. – Naguib Mahfouz

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We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Change
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History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself. – Naguib Mahfouz

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History
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Events at home, at work, in the street – these are the bases for a story. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Home
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Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts. – George Osborne

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Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individuals abilities. – Evelyn Glennie

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Boys natural play is rough and tumble play, its the universal play of little boys. And its very different from aggression. And we are a society thats failing to understand the distinction. – Christina Hoff Sommers

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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or fight like hell. – Lance Armstrong

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Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death. – Alexander Chase, "Perspectives," 1966

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