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On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is 'On China' by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his access is perhaps unrivaled. ↗

— Gary Locke

#beijing #china #chinese #every #experience

The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction. ↗

— Gary Locke

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All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. ↗

— John Locke

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The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure. ↗

— John Locke

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All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. ↗

— John Locke

#interest #liable #many #men #most

I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment. ↗

— John Locke

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To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes. ↗

— John Locke

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It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. ↗

— John Locke

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Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time. ↗

— John Locke

#deeds #disguise #each #endless #every

I did Lassie for six years and I never had anybody come up to me and say, 'It made me want to be a farmer.' ↗

— June Lockhart

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