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Aristotle Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.
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Abraham Lincoln Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
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Douglas MacArthur Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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Douglas MacArthur We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans' organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose.
veterans-day opportunity soldier
Dwight D. Eisenhower That was not the biggest battle that ever was, but for me it always typified one thing; the dash, the ingenuity, the readiness at the first opportunity that characterizes the American soldier.
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Doc Hastings We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay.
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Steven Spielberg My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice.
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Charles Dickens I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.
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Charles Dickens I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies.
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Charles Caleb Colton Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
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Alan Watts As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.
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Chogyam Trungpa Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment.
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Chogyam Trungpa When you drop your unnecessary things, you finally can swoop and fly in vast space. It is so blue, so bright, and so nice, so airy and fresh. You can stretch your wings and breathe the air. You can do anything you want. You have experienced cheerfulness and joy, and finally the bliss of freedom occurs in you.
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Edward Gibbon A martial nobility and stubborn commons, possessed of arms, tenacious of property, and collected into constitutional assemblies form the only balance capable of preserving a free constitution against the enterprise of an aspiring prince
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Arnold J. Toynbee We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our own destinies. I am not a determinist. But I also believe that the decisive choice is seldom the latest choice in the series. More often than not, it will turn out to be some choice made relatively far back in the past.
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Arnold J. Toynbee The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.
4th-of-july enemy forgiving
Benjamin Franklin Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.
4th-of-july people small-packages
Benjamin Franklin People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages.
4th-of-july estates trade
Benjamin Franklin He that hath a Trade, hath an Estate.
4th-of-july thee shops
Benjamin Franklin Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.
4th-of-july sea tyrants
Benjamin Franklin Moses lifting up his wand, and dividing the Red Sea, and Pharaoh in his chariot overwhelmed with the waters. This motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."
4th-of-july virtue ill
Benjamin Franklin He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.
4th-of-july long wish
Benjamin Franklin Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
4th-of-july liberty wealth
Benjamin Franklin Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
4th-of-july noses wipe
Benjamin Franklin Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.