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“In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced with vehemence and extremism, for we have to convince ourselves that what we took as second choice is the best there ever was. Thus blind faith is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves; insatiable desire a substitute for hope; accumulation a substitute for growth; fervent hustling a substitute for purposeful action; and pride a substitute for an unattainable self-respect.”

Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer

“We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that has buried its head in the sand, waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear and just blow away. We must dissent from a government that has left its young without jobs, education or hope. We must dissent from the poverty of vision and the absence of moral leadership. We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.”

Source: Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings

“Indians have no monopoly on environmentalism. That's one of the great myths. But we were subsistence livers. They're two different things. Environmentalism is a conscious choice and subsistence is the absence of choice. We had to use everything to survive. And now that we've been assimilated and colonized and we have luxuries and excesses, we're just as wasteful as other people.”

People Two Different Use Choices Conscious Myth Absence Luxury Different Things Excess Monopoly Environmentalism Liver Two Different Things Subsistence

Author:Sherman Alexie

“Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul.”

Firsts Soul Body Pain Choices Pleasure Trouble Absence Aversion

Author:Epicurus

“Inherent to socialism is the absence of choice. If I want to choose my own pretzels or books or iphones, they prevent me - they fine me, or imprison me. And those systems, not infrequently have historically, have developed into systems where there are pogroms.”

Ifs Want Book Choices My Own Fine Absence Socialism Inherent Iphone Pretzels

Author:Rand Paul

“Yes, we are our fathers' sons and daughters, but we are not their choices. For despite their absences we are still here. Still alive, still breathing, with the power to change this world, one little boy and girl at a time.”

World Littles Stills Choices Girl Father Boys Alive This World Son Daughter Absence Despite Breathing Our Father Little Boys Father Son Boy And Girl Power To Change Son And Daughter

Author:Daniel Beaty