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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” — Ronald Reagan

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“We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.” — Bertrand Russell

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“War settles nothing.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.” — Thomas A. Edison

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“Great acts are made up of small deeds.” — Lao Tzu

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“Life is not an exact science, it is an art.” — Samuel Butler

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“Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.” — Mark Twain

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“Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.” — Leonardo da Vinci

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“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” — H. G. Wells

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