“ Japan likewise put her hopes of victory on a different basis from that prevalent in the United States. (...) Even when she was winning, her civilian statesmen, her High Command, and her soldiers repeated that this was no contest between armaments; it was pitting of our faith in things against their faith in spirit. ”
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“ If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. ”
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“ The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accomodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. ”
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“ The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accomodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. ”
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“ No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. ”
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“ A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude. ”
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“ Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make. ”
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“ No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. ”
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“ The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good. ”
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“ In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails, why should one condemn oneself to live day in, day out with people one does not like, and sell oneself to chaperone and correct them? ”
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“ The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good. ”
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“ In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails, why should one condemn oneself to live day in, day out with people one does not like, and sell oneself to chaperone and correct them? ”
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“ Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make. ”
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“ Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make. ”
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“ A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude. ”
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“ In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadow follows the body. ”
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“ Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. ”
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“ The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good. ”
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“ If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. ”
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