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Kahil Gibran, Spirits Rebellious

They have exiled me now from their …

25 Jan , 2014  

They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against despotism and oppression. He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty. Great short quote and quotation by: Kahil Gibran, […]

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This report, by its very length, de…

17 Apr , 2013  

This report, by its very length, defends itself against being read. Great short quote and quotation by: Winston Churchill ,

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William Shakespeare, "King Richard II", Act 2 scene 1

This royal throne of kings, this sc…

17 Apr , 2013  

This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the […]

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Alexis Carrel

To accomplish our destiny it is not…

13 Oct , 2011  

To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us. Great short quote and quotation by: Alexis Carrel , French biologist & surgeon (1873 – 1944)

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Abraham Lincoln

Truth is generally the best vindica…

5 Aug , 2011  

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander. Great short quote and quotation by: Abraham Lincoln, letter to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, July 18, 1864 , 16th president of US (1809 – 1865)

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Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Vanity makes us do more things agai…

24 Mar , 2011  

Vanity makes us do more things against inclination than reason. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois De La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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Michael Jackson

We are behaving like people without…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are behaving like people without compassion and love for the most vulnerable section of society. The children of the universe are without a spokesperson, they are voiceless?We are all touched by the atrocities committed against children: sexual, physical abuse, child slave labor, educational neglect. We feel ashamed. Angry. Appalled. But there is no action?No […]

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We are like sculptors, constantly c…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and always, in the end, a disappointment, because it does not fit them. Great short quote and quotation by: Anais Nin , US (French-born) author & diarist (1903 – 1977)

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We should be eternally vigilant aga…

15 Feb , 2011  

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe. Great short quote and quotation by: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. , US jurist (1841 – 1935)

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

We should be eternally vigilant aga…

15 Feb , 2011  

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe. Great short quote and quotation by: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. , US jurist (1841 – 1935)

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What is conservativism? Is it not t…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is conservativism? Is it not the aherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? Great short quote and quotation by: Abraham Lincoln , 16th president of US (1809 – 1865)

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President Herbert Hoover, in proposing the abolition of the United Nations, in favor of a "cooperation of God-fearing free natio

What the world needs today is a def…

15 Feb , 2011  

What the world needs today is a definite, spiritual mobilization of the nations who belive in God against this tide of Red agnosticism. …And in rejecting an atheistic other world, I am confident that the Almighty God will be with us. Great short quote and quotation by: President Herbert Hoover, in proposing the abolition of […]

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