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Quote by Freda Adler
There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it ma

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control. – Freda Adler

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The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes. – Freda Adler

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Superstition
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Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit. – Freda Adler

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Crime
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That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy. – Freda Adler

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Change
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Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. – Bruce Barton

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Bravery

The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from. – Joanna Baillie

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Bravery

I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 – Bible

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Bravery

Some have been thought brave because they didnt have the courage to run away. – Proverb

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Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines wont make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa – and its about getting a balance. – Richard Branson

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The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and businesses lost, ecosystems destroyed, species driven to extinction, infrastructure smashed and people inconvenienced. – David Suzuki

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