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Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

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It may not be too late, whatever happens, if our President, Lyndon Johnson, knew the truth from me. But if I am eliminated, there won't be any way of knowing. ↗

— Jack Ruby

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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#self-determination #person

Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say, Do you want the criminals off the street or not? ↗

— Kurt Russell

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West Hollywood is predominantly gay, so every man that came into the grocery store was shopping for his boyfriend. ↗

— Jeri Ryan

#came #every #every man #gay #grocery

It is a drastic mistake to eliminate the provisions that have to do with the protection of habitat for endangered species. It is my opinion that the Endangered Species Act is 99 percent about protecting critical habitat. ↗

— Jim Saxton

#act #critical #drastic #eliminate #endangered

We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use military force. We are waging war in Afghanistan, for example, but it's an asymmetrical war where the enemies are criminals instead of soldiers. ↗

— Otto Schily

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