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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable. – H. L. Mencken

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Unhappy is a people that has run out of words to describe what is going on. – Thurman Arnold

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One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all. – Charles Rangel

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As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if – to quote Professor Higgins – a woman could be more like a man. – Julie Burchill

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