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Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable

Politics Art Choosing Disastrous
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A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books

Bad book Repent Ignorance Power
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Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all

Humor Person Value Attention
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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

Leaders Confront People Time
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It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.

Foolish Government Goals State
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Galbraith's First Law: Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Law Modesty Virtue
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In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.

Economics Hope Faith Desire
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Decision has greater virtue and force if taken after there has been eloquent dissent

Decision Virtue Force Eloquent
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The capacity for erroneous belief is very great, especially where it coincides with convenience.
Capacity Belief Great Convenience
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Man, at least when educated, is a pessimist. He believes it safer not to reflect on his achievements

Man Educated Pessimist Believes
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There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

Standard Beauty Pursuit Interesting
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We are becoming the servants in thought, as in action of the machine we have created to serve us.

Servants Thought Action Serve
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One of my greatest pleasures in writing has come from the thought that perhaps my work might annoy someone of comfortably pretentious position. Then comes the saddening realization that such people rarely read

Pleasures Writing Work Read
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I’m literate to know that Nigeria hasn’t built its refineries, since 1999 till date and every Government past and present keep giving excuses.

I'm literate To know Hasn't built Its refineries
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I have NEVER and will NEVER affiliate with any political party that I don’t feel has the genuine interest of the people of Nigeria at heart.

Have never Affiliate with Political party Genuine interest
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It seemed clear that wars were not made by genereations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart.

Wars Generations Ignorant Heart
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We reminded them of what peace was like, of lives which were not bound up with destruction.

Peace Lives Bound Destruction
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Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence.

Endures Love Death Endures
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It is a sad day when one looks back and sees that his largest regrets have become some of the most integral elements of his dreams.

Sad Regrets Integral Dreams
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When you love something it loves you back in whatever way it has to love.

You Love Something Way
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Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out that there is a God

Always Prayers Night God
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Life is fighting. In life, it's the look ahead that counts. We are all born equally far from the sun. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love.

Life Land Dead Love
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I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend’s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents.

Friendship Shortcomings Parents
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You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it’s the right thing in the long run, and not just for the moment.

You Think Right thing Moment
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There are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding

Special Gifted People World
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What deceived me was my own happiness; for peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me

Deceived Happiness Peace World
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In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.

Youth Age Battles Corruption
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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

You Antagonize Influence Time
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Live in Christ, die in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death

Live Christ Flesh Death
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The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance

Scriptures God Foundation Matters
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I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign.

Glory Riches Honor Christ
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When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.

Think Influenced Life Great
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The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.

Language Characters Effect Author
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We're not lost. We're locationally challenged

Lost Locationally Challenged
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Every book is three books, after all; the one the writer intended, the one the reader expected, and the one that casts its shadow when the first two meet by moonlight.

Books Writer Reader Shadow
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Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.

Reader Author's Intent Reality
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I prefer to conduct my life based on how I treat people

Conduct Life Treat People
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Failure's a natural part of life.

Failure's Natural Life
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The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.

World Ruled Violence Threat
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I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.

Lacking Confidence Ghosts Chase
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Fashion is chaotic, and it can be an aggravation, too, but it is at its best when it allows you to express yourself.

Fashion Chaotic Express Yourself
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If you're too smart it can limit you because you spend so much time thinking that you don't do anything

Smart Limit Thinking You
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I mean, anything that money can be made off will never be a problem to make, no matter what it is.

Money Problem Make What
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When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on.

Think History Facts Time
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Some people die before their time so that others can live. It's a cornerstone of civilization.

People Die Time Live
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When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights.

Law Nature Contract Rights
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To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Listen Powerful Communication Influence
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What is it that makes us trust our judges? Their independence in office and manner of appointment.

Trust Judges Independence Office
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The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection.

Civil liberty Right Laws Government
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What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.

Democracy Justice Faith Virtue
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