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Quote by John Burns
In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience. – John Burns

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You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters. – John Burns

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I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves. – John Burns

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The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. – Joseph Conrad

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Deep Throats information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected. – Bob Woodward

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Now that Ive got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on. – Mira Sorvino

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Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. – George Santayana

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To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health care funds, decreasing opportunity, simply so we can pay for tax cuts and a war in Iraq is beyond belief, and we need to reverse it. – Tom Allen

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