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Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else. – Joseph Butler

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The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of. – Joseph Butler

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The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves. – Joseph Butler

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Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects. – Joseph Butler

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Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congresss decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials. – William J. Brennan, Jr.

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There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. Its not that I totally agreed with it, but it was a great piece of art. – Danny Aiello

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Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself. – Francis Wright

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