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Under democracy one party always de…

4 Aug , 2011  

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed, and are right. Great short quote and quotation by: H. L. Mencken , US editor (1880 – 1956)

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Understand that the right to choose…

4 Aug , 2011  

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possiblity. Great short quote and quotation by: Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine , US actress & television talk show host (1954 – )

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Very few things happen at the right…

24 Mar , 2011  

Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. Great short quote and quotation by: Herodotus , Greek historian & traveler (484 BC – 430 BC)

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Herodotus

Very few things happen at the right…

24 Mar , 2011  

Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. Great short quote and quotation by: Herodotus , Greek historian & traveler (484 BC – 430 BC)

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Henry David Thoreau, "An Essay on Civil Disobedience," 1849.

Voting for the right is doing nothi…

15 Feb , 2011  

Voting for the right is doing nothing for it. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry David Thoreau, “An Essay on Civil Disobedience,” 1849. , US Transcendentalist author (1817 – 1862)

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Howard Zinn

Was all this bloodshed and deceit -…

15 Feb , 2011  

Was all this bloodshed and deceit – from Columbus to Cortes, Pizarro the Puritans – a necessity for the human race to progress from savagery to civilization? Was Morison right in burying the story of genocide inside a more important story of human progress? Perhaps a persuasive argument can be made – as it was […]

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Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven

We all make our limits, and we set …

15 Feb , 2011  

We all make our limits, and we set them further out than we have any right. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven ,

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Anne Wilson Schaef

We begin to see that the completion…

15 Feb , 2011  

We begin to see that the completion of an important project has every right to be dignified by a natural grieving process. Something that required the best of you has ended. You will miss it. Great short quote and quotation by: Anne Wilson Schaef ,

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George Bernard Shaw, Candida (1898) act 1

We have no more right to consume ha…

15 Feb , 2011  

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. Great short quote and quotation by: George Bernard Shaw, Candida (1898) act 1 , Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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Luis Rodriguez, Always Running

We have the right to lie, but not a…

15 Feb , 2011  

We have the right to lie, but not about the heart of the matter. Great short quote and quotation by: Luis Rodriguez, Always Running ,

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William Reece Smith Jr.

We must remember that a right lost …

15 Feb , 2011  

We must remember that a right lost to one is lost to all. Great short quote and quotation by: William Reece Smith Jr. ,

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Whatever you do, you need courage. …

15 Feb , 2011  

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage […]

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