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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon a

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. – Samuel Johnson

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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. – Samuel Johnson

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Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. – Samuel Johnson

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Death
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There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex. – Samuel Johnson

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Age
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Earlier feminists were almost universally pro-choice and have dominated political debate until now. Having access to abortion was viewed as the only way women could have full equality with men, who, until recently, couldnt get pregnant. – Kathleen Parker

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I dont believe in social equality, and they know it. – George Smathers

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When I look at my daughter, whos 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality. – Frances OGrady

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Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. – Ellen DeGeneres

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A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life. – Charlie Byrd

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To this wonderful page in our countrys history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters. – Giuseppe Garibaldi

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