Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
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When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'
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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
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The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.
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The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.
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Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
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