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    "What freedom does a starving man have?" The answer is that starvation is a tragic human condition- perhaps more tragic than loss of freedom. That does not prevent these from being two different things.

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Government and state can never be perfect because they owe their raison d'etre to the imperfection of man and can read more

Government and state can never be perfect because they owe their raison d'etre to the imperfection of man and can attain their end, the elimination of man's innate impulse to violence, only by recourse to violence, the very thing they are called upon to prevent.

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The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change read more

The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion.

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The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it.

The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it.

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Truth is not determined by majority vote.

Truth is not determined by majority vote.

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None can love freedom but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license, which never hath more scope than read more

None can love freedom but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license, which never hath more scope than under tyrants.

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In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

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In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.

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Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

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If you have a lemon, make lemonade.

If you have a lemon, make lemonade.

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