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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great - far too great - expectations. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

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Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

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