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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another? – Alan Paton

Other quotes by Alan Paton

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up ones responsibility as a free man. – Alan Paton

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Society
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Alan Paton
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom. – Alan Paton

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Wisdom
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Violence
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A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it. – Lewis H. Lapham

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Violence

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. – Dave Barry

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Violence

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat. – John Frederick Boyes

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Violence

I object to violence because, when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. – Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948), in Young India, 1925

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Violence

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In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. – Robert Hall

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He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. Thats where hes getting his power from. Hes young and has great elasticity. – Nick Faldo

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There isnt a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because hes such a great kid. – Jack Nicklaus

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The worst thing that can happen in a democracy – as well as in an individuals life – is to become cynical about the future and lose hope. – Hillary Clinton

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