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“Can it be that even as one grows to fit the space one lives in, one cannot grow until there's space to grow?”

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Rita Dove is an American poet born on August 28, 1952. Her works are known for their profound social insight and emotional expression, having won numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. more

“Populism is folkish, patriotism is not. One can be a patriot and a cosmopolitan. But a populist is inevitably a nationalist of sorts. Patriotism, too, is less racist than is populism. A patriot will not exclude a person of another nationality from the community where they have lived side by side and whom he has known for many years, but a populist will always remain suspicious of someone who does not seem to belong to his tribe.”

Years Persons Doe Seems Sides Community Known Patriotism Racist Patriot Tribes Suspicious Nationality Populist Populism

Author:John Lukacs

“The two most powerful nations of the world had been squared off against each other, each with its finger on the button. You'd have thought that war was inevitable. But both sides showed that if the desire to avoid war is strong enough, even the most pressing dispute can be solved by compromise. And a compromise over Cuba was indeed found.”

Ifs World Two War Enough Desire Found Strong Nations Sides Powerful Fingers Compromise Inevitable Most Powerful Buttons Both Sides Disputes Strong Enough Cuba

Author:Nikita Khrushchev

“They talk about who won and who lost. Human reason won. Mankind won.”

Humans Reason Lost Mankind Cuba Human Reason

Author:Nikita Khrushchev

“The Boston bombing provided the opportunity for the government to turn what should have been a police investigation into a military-style occupation of an American city. This unprecedented move should frighten us as much or more than the attack itself.”

Should Has Beens Government Moving Turns Opportunity Cities Military Style Should Have Police Occupation Investigation Boston Should Have Been Unprecedented Bombing American Cities

Author:Ron Paul

“Man is to be trained chiefly by studying and by knowing man.”

Men Knowing Study

Author:William E. Gladstone

“To be engaged in opposing wrong affords...but a slender guarantee for being right.”

Engaged Guarantees Opposing Slender Scepticism

Author:William E. Gladstone

“Budgets are not merely affairs of arithmetic, but in a thousand ways go to the root of prosperity of individuals, the relation of classes and the strength of kingdoms.”

Way Individual Class Thousand Roots Relation Affair Prosperity Kingdoms Budgets Arithmetic

Author:William E. Gladstone

“Be thorough in all you do; and remember that although ignorance often may be innocent, pretension is always despicable.”

May Remember Ignorance Innocent Thorough Pretension Despicable

Author:William E. Gladstone

“We must educate ourselves and others about our precious civil liberties to ensure that we never accept demands that we give up our Constitution so that the government can pretend to protect us.”

Giving Government Liberty Accepting Protect Demand Giving Up Constitution Educate Civil Liberties

Author:Ron Paul

“My views on charity are very simple. I do not consider it a major virtue and, above all, I do not consider it a moral duty. There is nothing wrong in helping other people, if and when they are worthy of the help and you can afford to help them. I regard charity as a marginal issue. What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue.”

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

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