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“I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.” — Carl Sagan

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“Great and good are seldom the same man.” — Winston Churchill

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“Clever men are good, but they are not the best.” — Thomas Carlyle

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“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.” — Benjamin Franklin

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“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.” — H. L. Mencken

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“On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.” — George Orwell

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“Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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“The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.” — Bertrand Russell

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“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“A good indignation brings out all one's powers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

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“That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.” — Ernest Hemingway

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“Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.” — George Orwell

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“One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.” — Bertrand Russell

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“The good is the beautiful.” — Plato

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“Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.” — Oscar Wilde

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“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.” — H. L. Mencken

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“Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.” — Heraclitus

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“Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.” — Socrates

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“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.” — Plato

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