While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes that right important.
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There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to exist for many centuries and are still in being though they have had no help from the traveler in solving their problems.
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No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.
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In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.
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What a shame to waste those great shots on the practice tee.
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