“The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.”
— Jean Cocteau
Author: Jean Cocteau
Category: society
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“American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.”
— Michael Mandelbaum
Author: Michael Mandelbaum
Category: politics
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“Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.”
— Lewis B. Smedes
Author: Lewis B. Smedes
Category: future
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“People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the patients and the doctors without government rationing.”
— Benjamin Carson
Author: Benjamin Carson
Category: money
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“It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.”
— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Author: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Category: faith
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