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"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.
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If some people seem to have more good luck than others, it is mostly because a lot of what we call bad luck is determined by the contour of the personality rather than a mere accident or chance.
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You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.
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Everyone admits that "the truth hurts" but no one applies this adage to himself — and as soon as it begins to hurt us, we quickly repudiate it and call it a lie. It is this tendency toward self-deception (more than any active sin) that makes human progress slow and almost imperceptible.
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The Germans call delinquent boys who hang around in gangs the halbstark, meaning the 'half-strong,' which is a true and accurate description of what they are and how they feel. Someone who feels really strong doesn't have to act that way.
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It is the fear of being called a coward that makes most men courageous in a crisis; but real courage, which is rare, consists in doing what you know is right, regardless of what men may call you.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Carrie Chapman Catt
Sydney J. Harris
Born:
September 14, 1917
Died:
December 8, 1986
(aged 69)
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