"I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work."
-Plato
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"The beginning is the most important part of the work."
-Plato
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"Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half."
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"Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences."
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"Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom."
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"There are three classes of men lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."
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"Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal."
-Jack Abramoff
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"I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying."
-Jack Abramoff
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"Together with a team of financial and legal experts I have spent months exploring all possible alternatives to bankruptcy but to no avail."
-Shane Filan
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"Does the imam have a legal right to build the mosque at Ground Zero? The answer is yes. But is it the right thing to do? The answer is no. And most Americans, and most moderate Muslims, join with me in that call."
-Kilari Anand Paul
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"By the fulfillment of my legal and moral duty I think I have earned punishment just as little as the tens of thousands of dutiful German officials who have now been imprisoned only because they carried out their duties."
-Wilhelm Frick
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"We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds."
-Igor Ivanov
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