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I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads. ↗

— Grace Paley

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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. ↗

— Samuel Adams

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Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail. ↗

— Mary Astell

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In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people. ↗

— Clay Aiken

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The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. ↗

— George Bancroft

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In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation. ↗

— Guy Debord

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Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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I always thought that common sense would prevail. But on a game show, there is no common sense. ↗

— Wayne Brady

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I am disgusted and worn out with the system that seems to prevail. ↗

— John Buford

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The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

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