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The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies. ↗

— Francis Wright

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But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood? ↗

— Francis Wright

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Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it. ↗

— Francis Wright

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Speak of change, and the world is in alarm. And yet where do we not see change? ↗

— Francis Wright

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Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

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Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

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In 1972, George Harrison invited me to accompany him on a trip to India. ↗