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No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which p

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind. – Charles Sumner

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From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been ;abandoned. – Charles Sumner

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Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace. – Charles Sumner

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Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men. – David O. McKay

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Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge. – Polly Toynbee

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The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didnt think he could do. – Ring Lardner

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Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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