#than

Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise. ↗

— Alexander Meiklejohn

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Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

#attacking #believe #country #enemy #forgive

God gives us relatives; thank God, we can choose our friends. ↗

— Addison Mizner

#choose #friends #gives #god #our

It now costs more to amuse a child than it once did to educate his father. ↗

— Vaughn Monroe

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I don't know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of some painful experience in the past. ↗

— Pat Morita

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It's hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier's death. ↗

— Christopher Shays

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You can really do more than you think you can do. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

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I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read. ↗

— Shimon Peres

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A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance and press for admission. ↗

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

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We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

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