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Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning. ↗

— Peter Singer

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I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real. ↗

— Peter Singer

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I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things. ↗

— Peter Singer

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If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better. ↗

— Peter Singer

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More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency. ↗

— Peter Singer

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My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues. ↗

— Peter Singer

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Scholars have long dreamed of a universal library containing everything that has ever been written. ↗

— Peter Singer

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Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year's resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we know it would be better for us to lose weight, or get fit, or spend more time with our children. The problem is that a resolution is generally easier to break than it is to keep. ↗

— Peter Singer

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They tend to be pretty abstract ones then, like doing what will have the best consequences; obviously you wouldn't specify what consequences are best, they may be different in some circumstances, so at a lower, more specific level, you may well get differences. ↗

— Peter Singer

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