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What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority. – Walter Lippmann

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The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. – Walter Lippmann

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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully. – Walter Lippmann

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It is perfectly easy to be original by violating the laws of decency and the canons of good taste. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Over the Teacups, 1891

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When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses – it was right after Roots, and for society, not me, it was great. Nice richly dark-skinned people was the fashion, and I was not. – Anna Deavere Smith

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Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society. – Pervez Musharraf

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I want to initiate a change in society in the long term. – Francois Hollande

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It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late. – E. M. Cioran

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We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any. – Nikolai Gogol

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