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1. “[A] quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.” – A.A. Milne
2. The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance – Socrates
3. A people that value its privileges above its principles soon loses both – Dwight D. Eisenhower
4. A little inaccuracy can sometimes save a ton of explanation – H.H Munro
5. Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction – E. F. Schumacher
6. A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually – Abba Eban
7. Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good – Mohandas Gandhi
8. Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may – Daniel Webster
9. In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is – Yogi Berra
10. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing – Theodore Roosevelt
11. It is dangerous to be right, when the government is wrong – Voltaire
12. The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object – Thomas Jefferson
13. No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation – Woodrow Wilson (28th U.S President)
14. The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work – Emile Zola
15. The world is full of educated derelicts – Calvin Coolidge
16. A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a change to get its pants on – Winston Churchill
17. It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog – Mark Twain
18. Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire, the other is to get it – Socrates
19. If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning – Aristotle Onasis
20. Men are not disturbed by things, but the view they take of things – Epictetus
21. As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can – Julius Caesar