Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels.
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The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.Norman Thomas
To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power.
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If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.
Norman Thomas
After I asked him what he meant, he replied that freedom consisted of the unimpeded right to get rich, to use his ability, no matter what the cost to others, to win advancement.
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The struggle against demagoguery scarcely fits the St George-against-the-dragon myth Our democratic St George goes out rather reluctantly with armor awry.
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