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I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.
- in freedom
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The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.
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None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
- in enthusiasm
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A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.
- in expectations
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The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and
excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.
- in power
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Stay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. Journals, 1843
- in quotations
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Love is sometimes denied, sometimes lost, sometimes unrecognized, but in the end, always found with no regrets, forever valued and kept treasured.
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Lovers should also have their days off.
- in love
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What do I believe? As an American I believe in generosity, in liberty, in the rights of man. These are social and political
faiths that are part of me, as they are, I suppose, part of all of us. Such beliefs are easy to express. But part of me too
is my relation to all life, my religion. And this is not so easy to talk about. Religious experience is highly intimate and,
for me, ready words are not at hand.
- in religion
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Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.
- in love
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A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is
loyalty to that principle.
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Travel has no longer any charm for me. I have seen all the foreign countries I want to except heaven & hell & I have only a
vague curiosity about one of those.
- in travel
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What you are as a single person, you will be as a married person, only to a greater degree. Any negative character trait will
be intensified in a marriage relationship, because you will feel free to let your guard down -- that person has committed
himself to you and you no longer have to worry about scaring him off.
- in marriage
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I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better.
They fight for honor at the first challenge, make love with no moral restraint, and they do not for all their marvelous
instincts appear to know about death. Being such wonderfully uncomplicated beings, they need us to do their worrying.
- in dogs
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You can't trust a promise someone makes while they're drunk, in love, hungry, or running for office.
- in love
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