“ A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. ”
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“ The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom — these are the pillars of society. ”
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“ A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom and truth. ”
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“ You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and liberty. ”
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“ A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view. ”
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“ Rob the average man of his life-illusion and you rob him also of his happiness. ”
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“ Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it… it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse. ”
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“ Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights. ”
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“ Washington is the only city in the world where you can go to a black-tie dinner and there at the foot of the table is a television set up to catch a press conference. ”
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“ Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it… it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse. ”
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“ Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights. ”
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“ Rob the average man of his life-illusion and you rob him also of his happiness. ”
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“ In that second it dawned on me that I had been living here for eight years with a strange man and had borne him three children. ”
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“ Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build, too. ”
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“ Washington is the only city in the world where you can go to a black-tie dinner and there at the foot of the table is a television set up to catch a press conference. ”
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“ Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it… it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse. ”
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“ A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. ”
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“ There are two kinds of spiritual law, two kinds of conscience, one in man and another, altogether different, in woman. They do not understand each other; but in practical life the woman is judged by man's law, as though she were not a woman but a man. ”
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“ The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority. Yes, the damned, compact, liberal majority. ”
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“ It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians. ”
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“ It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians. ”
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“ There are two kinds of spiritual law, two kinds of conscience, one in man and another, altogether different, in woman. They do not understand each other; but in practical life the woman is judged by man's law, as though she were not a woman but a man. ”
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“ In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That's a thought I'll never endure! Never. ”
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“ Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul. ”
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“ Writing has... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer. ”
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“ A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it's an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin. ”
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