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Quote by Clara Barton
I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in t

I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past. – Clara Barton

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I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. – Clara Barton

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Fear
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Clara Barton
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An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness. – Clara Barton

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Happiness
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Machiavellis teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. – Lord Acton

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Faith

I am not here to parade my religious sentiments, but I declare I have too much respect for the faith in which I was born to ever use it as the basis of a political organization. – Wilfrid Laurier

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Faith

Worry is spiritual short sight. Its cure is intelligent faith. – Paul Brunton

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Faith

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. – Thomas Carlyle

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Faith

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Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. – David O. McKay

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If God had wanted to be a big secret, He would not have created babbling brooks and whispering pines. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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God

Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain…. [A]ccept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields…. – Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

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All religions must be tolerated… for… every man must get to heaven his own way. – Frederick the Great

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