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Giving society cheap, abundant energy would be the equivalent of giving an idiot child a machine gun.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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…he who keeps back the truth, or withholds it from men, from motives of expediency, is either a coward or a criminal or both.
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We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
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The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
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As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
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The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Let them march all they want, so long as they pay their taxes.
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
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The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve, nor will he ever receive, either.
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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
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All knowledge is ultimately self knowledge.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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Always love in life anything less is not living.
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It’s so easy to laugh. It’s so easy to hate. It takes guts to be gentle and kind.
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A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
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Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
