"Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little."
-Samuel Johnson
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"A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.“
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"To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is folly."
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"Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise."
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"Power is not sufficient evidence of truth."
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"Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test."
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"It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see."
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"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time."
-James A. Baldwin
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"No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time."
-Henry A. Kissinger
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"It's time to get real, folks. Hope and change ain't working. Hope and change is not a solution. Hope and change is not a job."
-Herman Cain
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"It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work."
-Harry S. Truman
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"Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides."
-Harry S. Truman
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"A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show. I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that's a good thing!"
-Selena Gomez
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