Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ~Caleb Cushing
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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