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    There is in us a tendency to locate the shaping forces of our existence outside ourselves. Success and failure are unavoidably related in our minds with the state of things around us. Hence it is that people with a sense of fulfillment think it is a good world and would like to preserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change. The tendency to look for all causes outside ourselves persists even when it is clear that our state of being is the product of personal qualities such as ability, character, appearance, health and so on.

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I was recently on a tour of Latin America,and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin read more

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Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

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No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one. read more

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The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

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I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

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