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    Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes."N.B.: A lesser-known version of this quotation was supposedly said by Frederick the Great at Prague in 1757: "By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes. - Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775.

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My father was a minister. I had to make up for the lack of sin.

My father was a minister. I had to make up for the lack of sin.

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There is no slavery but ignorance.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

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Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

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For every prohibition you create you also create an underground.

For every prohibition you create you also create an underground.

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What is possible is our highest duty.

What is possible is our highest duty.

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This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at alot.

This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at alot.

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While rationalism at the individual level is a plea for more personal autonomy from cultural norms, at the social level read more

While rationalism at the individual level is a plea for more personal autonomy from cultural norms, at the social level it is often a claim- or arrogation- of power to stifle the autonomy of others.

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Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, read more

Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the creative individual cannot grow up because he keeps growing.

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We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

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