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No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.
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You always admire what you really don't understand.
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It is harder to be philosophical when you are young.
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Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
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It is so much easier to be enthusiastic than to reason!
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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The greatest luxury I know is sitting up reading in bed.
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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
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The first freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat.
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To leave the world richer — that is the ultimate success.
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We will never have peace without friendship around the world.
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More people are ruined by victory, I imagine, than by defeat.
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In business courtesy and efficiency have a symbiotic relationship.
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One has to live in Washington to know what a city of rumors it is.
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It is always easier to do nothing than to try a new line of action.
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No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within.
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It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work.
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The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.
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It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
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Talking too much is a far greater social fault than talking too little.
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Where after all, do human rights begin? In small places, close to home.
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True hospitality consists of giving the best of yourself to your guests.
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Those who attack always do so with greater fervor than those who defend.
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As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
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Each generation supposes that the world was simpler for the one before it.
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It is our freedom to progress that makes us all want to live and to go on.
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A woman will always have to be better than a man in any job she undertakes.
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Conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.
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The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government...
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To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.
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If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use.
John Woolman
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Born:
October 11, 1884
Died:
November 7, 1962
(aged 78)
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