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One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. – Thomas Jefferson

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It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own. – Thomas Jefferson

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Change
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Thomas Jefferson
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To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education. – Thomas Jefferson

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Education
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Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Hope

Ive tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that Im afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred. – Ernest Hemingway

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Hope

Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope Ill be around making art when Im 80. – Anish Kapoor

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The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the bodys total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form? – Dag Hammarskjold

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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished. – Randy Neugebauer

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There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success! – David O. McKay

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