"He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter."

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" Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for. "
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" Only those who hate the Negro see hatred in the Negro. "
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" It is necessary to make virtue fashionable. "
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" To govern well, one must see things as they are. "
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" Knowing is what counts. To know one's country and govern it with that knowledge is the onl... "
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" It is the duty of man to raise up man. "
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" Life on earth is a hand-to-hand mortal combat... between the law of love and the law of ha... "
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" Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of ... "
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" Man needs to suffer. When he does not have real griefs he creates them. Griefs purify and ... "
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" Man needs to go outside himself in order to find repose and reveal himself. "
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" Barricades of ideas are worth more than barricades of stones. "
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" Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy. "
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" A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots.... "
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" Men are products, expressions, reflections; they live to the extent that they coincide wit... "
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" Government is nothing but the balance of the natural elements of a country. "
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" Liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect. "
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