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No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind. – 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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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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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. – Dalai Lama

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[T]he beautiful world of blossom and love and friendship had lost none of its power to please her fancy and thrill her heart… life still called to her with many insistent voices. – L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables [the comfort of knowing the world goes on

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I think a child may be the only thing that could give me true happiness. – Nicki Minaj

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War hath no fury like a noncombatant. – Charles Edward Montague, Disenchantment

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