"Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war."
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"History is Philosophy teaching by example."
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"Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior."
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"Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved."
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"I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights."
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"You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence."
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