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In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it? ↗

— Joan Baez

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I would never say never to returning to comedy. ↗

— Eric Bana

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The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence. ↗

— Joan Baez

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Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job. ↗

— Joan Baez

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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is unwise and their conscience that it is wrong. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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