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We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success

We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve. – John B. S. Haldane

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This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy. – Henry A. Wallace

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War is failure of diplomacy. – John Dingell

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If youre a doctor or a lawyer or teacher, if you only get three things right out of 10, youre considered a failure. – Jamie Moyer

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