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Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

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The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart. ↗

— Julien Green

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Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to. ↗

— Matt Groening

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There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace. ↗

— King Hussein I

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Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand! ↗

— Daniel Boone

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I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and ten thousand civil servants drift homeward on a river of bicycles, brooding on the Lord Krishna and the cost of living. ↗

— James Cameron

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Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts. ↗

— Elizabeth I

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In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in Iraq do not accept the current state of affairs. ↗

— Dario Fo

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