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Reagan, Ronald. "Farewell Address to the Nation." 11 Jan. 1989, Oval Office, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

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Khomeini, Ruhollah. "Program for the Establishment of an Islamic Government." Lecture series. 21 Jan. - 8 Feb. 1970, Najaf, Iran.

Mankind has probably done more damage to the earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

Jacques Cousteau

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Cousteau, Jacques. "Consumer Society Is the Enemy." Interviewed by Nathan Gardels. New Perspectives Quarterly, 1999.

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Parker, Charlie. Interviewed by Michael Levin and John S. Wilson. Downbeat Magazine, 9 Sept. 1949.

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Lorde, Audre. "Poetry Is Not a Luxury." Chrysalis, 1977.

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Davis, Angela. Angela Davis: An Autobiography. Random House, 1974, ch. 1.

I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.

Lou Gehrig

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Gehrig, Lou. Farewell speech. Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. 4 July 1939, Yankee Stadium, New York City, NY, USA.

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Reagan, Ronald. "Farewell Address to the Nation." 11 Jan. 1989, Oval Office, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create.

Chuck Palahniuk

Invisible Monsters

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Palahniuk, Chuck. Invisible Monsters. W. W. Norton & Company, 1999.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara. 28 Nov. 1905, Court Theatre, London, England, UK, preface.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara. Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021, preface.

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Einstein, Albert. "Einstein on the Atomic Bomb." Interviewed by Raymond Swing. Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 1945.

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Einstein, Albert. Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb. Princeton University Press, 2013, ch. 8.

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Coolidge, Calvin. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1925, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards any one.

Edith Cavell

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Cavell, Edith. Final words. 12 Oct. 1915, National Shooting Range, Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium.

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Kerr, Jean. The Snake Has All the Lines. Doubleday, 1960.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara. 28 Nov. 1905, Court Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara. Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021, act 3.

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Herbert, A. P. "Marrowfat v. Marrowfat." Punch, 13 July 1927.

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Wright, Frank Lloyd. An Autobiography. Longmans, Green and Co., 1932.

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Friedman, Milton. "Living Within Our Means." Interviewed by Richard D. Heffner. The Open Mind, WPIX, Channel 11, 7 Dec. 1975.