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I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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And yes, the Homesteaders, including my grandparents who left behind almost nothing, and arrived in Montana with nothing but the clothes on their back, high hopes, faith in God and dreaming of the future. ↗

— Brian Schweitzer

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Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships. ↗

— Rick Santorum

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I have nothing, absolutely nothing against anyone who's homosexual. If that's their orientation, then I accept that. And I have no problem with someone who has other orientations. ↗

— Rick Santorum

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If the most liberal man that's ever been in office can get elected when 20 percent of the population identifies as liberal then I think we can elect a conservative when 40 percent of the population identifies themselves as conservative. ↗

— Rick Santorum

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The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that. I think we absolutely have rights because there are consequences to letting people live out whatever wants or passions they desire. ↗

— Rick Santorum

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