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The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities. ↗

— Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

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A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one's free will. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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That is what has happened to the United States in the international economic scene. We have deteriorated into a debtor status so that we are now dependent upon the kindness of strangers. That is not where the world's leading power should find itself. ↗

— Paul Sarbanes

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We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death. ↗

— David Sarnoff

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I always think change is important in a character. The most dynamic choices that you can make for a character are always the best ones. ↗

— Peter Sarsgaard

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We live in a dangerous world where rogue nations are developing longer range missiles. We have to make a strong effort at developing defenses against this threat. ↗

— Jim Saxton

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The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun. ↗

— Dennis Farina

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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. ↗

— George Eliot

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