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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future. - Hann

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future. – Hannah Arendt

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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. – Hannah Arendt

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Conversation
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Every organization of men, be it social or political, ultimately relies on mans capacity for making promises and keeping them. – Hannah Arendt

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Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be moods – Hannah Arendt

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There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give. – Proverb

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It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath. – Aeschylus

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Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Oaths are the fossils of piety. – George Santayana

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To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful. – Victor Hugo

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When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself. – Louis Nizer

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My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together. – Ann Druyan

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Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new. – Aeschylus

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