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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences. – Abbe Pierre

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If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory. – Sun Tzu

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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. – Diogenes

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It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other mens liberty will soon care little for their own. – James Otis

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