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The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. -

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. – William Safire

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If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing. – William Safire

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My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. – Thomas Paine (1737–1809), Rights of Man

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A man may be born a jackass; but it is his business if he makes himself a double one. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable. – William Hazlitt

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Character is much easier kept than recovered. – Thomas Paine

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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, 1860

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Were not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information – and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise. – Nate Silver

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