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The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire. ↗

— Joseph Sobran

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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

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The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie. ↗

— Susan Sontag

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Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. ↗

— Socrates

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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. ↗

— Socrates

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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for. ↗

— Socrates

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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. ↗

— Socrates

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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. ↗

— Socrates

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Legislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there's no hierarchy. ↗

— Barney Frank

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