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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#essential #existence #freedom #human #human existence

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#any #country #free #free society #freedom

The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph was far more radical than that from telephone to email! ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#advances #ago #century #communication #email

I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of the school. If they'd been intent on really teaching you things, I would have been a little more attentive. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#been #excited #i #intent #know

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#give #more #power #receive #than

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#books #contempt #desire #even #glory

The diffusion of a universalist culture and of a pedagogy of peace appears more than ever to be the path that we must follow for the salvation of all nations on earth. ↗

— Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

#appears #culture #diffusion #earth #ever

From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting. ↗

— Adam Clayton

#age #boundaries #buy #creativity #early

Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can the holidays. ↗

— John Clayton

#gift #holidays #just #more #puppy

I feel sometimes that in children's books there are more and more grim problems, but I don't know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#burden #children #feel #grim #i