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Ford, Henry and Samuel Crowther. My Life and Work. Doubleday, 1922, ch. 1.

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Carson, Rachel. Letter to Dorothy Friedman. 28 June 1958.

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Gorbachev, Mikhail. "The Rule of Law: Our New Frontier." 5 Sept. 1990, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. Speech.

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Hemingway, Ernest. Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time. Crown Publishers, 1942, introduction.

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Wilson, Woodrow. An address on neutrality. US Senate meeting. 19 Aug. 1914, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Wilson, Woodrow. "An Appeal for Neutrality in World War I." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. NYU Press, 2006.

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Roosevelt, Theodore. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1905, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Keller, Helen. Helen Keller: Selected Writings, edited by Kim E. Nielsen. New York University Press, 2005, pt. 2, ch. 16. Originally from Letter to an English-Woman-Suffragist published in The Manchester (England) Advertiser, 3 Mar. 1911.

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Baldwin, James. "As Much Truth As One Can Bear." The New York Times, 14 Jan. 1962.

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Twain, Mark. "The Lowest Animal." Letters from the Earth. Harper & Row, 1962.

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Twain, Mark. "The Lowest Animal." Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings, edited by Bernard DeVoto. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004.

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Madonna. "Madonna: The Rolling Stone Interview." Interviewed by Bill Zehme. Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 1989.

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Wuthering Heights. Directed by William Wyler. Samuel Goldwyn Productions, 1939.

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Foucault, Michel. Surveiller et punir: Naissance de la prison [Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison]. Gallimard, 1975.

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Wilson, Woodrow. Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War Against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. New York University Press, 2006.

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Sontag, Susan "Against Interpretation." Against Interpretation. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.

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Wright, Richard. Interviewed by L'Express. 18 Oct. 1955.

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Twain, Mark. Letter to an unidentified person. 28 Aug. 1908.

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Lucasfilm Ltd., 1989.

Man lives like a robot: mechanically efficient, but with no awareness.

Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)

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Osho, aka Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree. "Why Should I Grieve Over Him?" A Sudden Clash of Thunder, 13 Aug. 1976, Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune, India.

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Mussolini, Benito. "Mussolini Says Fascism Will Live After He Is Done." Interviewed by Edwin L. James. New York Times, 15 Apr. 1928.

The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis.

Thurgood Marshall

Furman v. Georgia

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Marshall, Thurgood. United States, Supreme Court. Furman v. Georgia. United States Reports, vol. 408, 29 June 1972, pp. 238-250. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/408/238/.