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Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
James M. Barrie

@eurocelticyankee,

“At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe.”
― Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express

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@tsarstepan,

Excellent quote!

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“I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such: because I think a General Government necessary for us, and there is no Form of Government but what may be a Blessing to the People if well-administred; and I believe farther that this is likely to be well administred for a Course of Years and can only end in Despotism as other Forms have done before it, when the People shall become so corrupted as to need Despotic Government, being incapable of any other.”
― Benjamin Franklin

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“Human beings are ultimately nothing but carriers-passageways- for genes. They ride us into the ground like racehorses from generation to generation. Genes don't think about what constitutes good or evil. They don't care whether we are happy or unhappy. We're just means to an end for them. The only thing they think about is what is most efficient for them.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Jonathan Swift.

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Not sure who this is from. It appears this morning on D L Hughly's facebook

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“I freely acknowledge that it is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.”
― Anatole France, The Revolt of the Angels

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“The real test of 'knowledge' is not whether it is true, but whether it empowers us. Scientists usually assume that no theory is 100 per cent correct. Consequently, truth is a poor test for knowledge. The real test is utility. A theory that enables us to do new things constitutes knowledge.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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If one meets a powerful person – Rupert Murdoch, perhaps, or Joe Stalin or Hitler – one can ask five questions: what power do you have; where did you get it; in whose interests do you exercise it; to whom are you accountable; and, how can we get rid of you?

Tony Benn.

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@edgarblythe,

I like this quote.

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@izzythepush,

what power do you have; it depends whether I'm elected or lead as a tyrant. where did you get it; worked for it
in whose interests do you exercise it; my own
to whom are you accountable; my wife or husband, and sometimes to other government departments, or the Constitution
and, how can we get rid of you? don't re-elect me, impeach me or kill me.

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@cicerone imposter,

So you consider yourself in the same league as Stalin and Hitler.

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Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief.
Franz Schubert

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“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
― Lewis Carroll

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@edgarblythe,

I like yesterday, because I'm still here today.

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“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”
― Thomas Paine, A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal on the Affairs of North America

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