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“The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.”

– Leigh Hunt, poet & essayist (1784-1859)

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"All a man can betray is his conscience."

– Joseph Conrad, novelist (1857-1924)

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"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people."

–– Howard Zinn (1922- 2010), political scientist, historian

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“I am not one of those who believe that a great army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a great profession those who form parts of it want to exercise their profession.”

– Woodrow Wilson, 28th US president, Nobel laureate (1856-1924)

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“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”

–– Henry Ward Beecher, American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery (1813-1887)

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"Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles."

— George Jean Nathan, author and editor (1882-1958)

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I like that!

"Everyone has a belief system, B.S. The trick is to learn not to take anyone's B.S. too seriously, especially your own."

- Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)

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..and so it goes on

ha!......clever