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If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.

Albert Einstein

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Einstein, Albert. Address in Paris. c. Dec. 1929, Sorbonne, Paris, France.

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Einstein, Albert. "Einstein on Classifications." New York Times, 16 Feb. 1930.

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Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense,—nonsense upon stilts.

Jeremy Bentham

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Bentham, Jeremy. "Anarchical Fallacies; being an Examination of the Declarations of Rights issued during the French Revolution." The Works of Jeremy Bentham. Vol. 2, Edinburgh: William Tait, 1843.

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We were good fellas. Wiseguys. But Jimmy and I could never be made because we had Irish blood. It didn't even matter that my mother was Sicilian. To become a member of a crew you've got to be one hundred percent Italian so they can trace all your relatives back to the old country. See, it's the highest honor they can give you. It means you belong to a family and a crew. It means that nobody can fuck around with you. It also means you could fuck around with anybody just as long as they aren't also a member. It's like a license to steal. It's a license to do anything.

Henry Hill

Goodfellas

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Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros., 1990.

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The necessity of making things plain to uninstructed people, was one of the very best means of clearing up the obscure corners in one's own mind.

T.H. Huxley

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Huxley, Thomas Henry. Man's Place in Nature and Other Anthropological Essays. London: Macmillan, 1894, preface.

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Huxley, Thomas Henry. Man's Place in Nature, edited by Stephen Jay Gould. Random House, 2001, preface.

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Tis less to be wonder'd at that women marry off in haste, for if they took time to consider and reflect upon it, they seldom would.

Mary Astell

Some Reflections Upon Marriage

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Astell, Mary. Some Reflections Upon Marriage. London: John Nutt, 1700.

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Astell, Mary. "Some Reflections on Marriage." Astell: Political Writings. Cambridge University Press, 1996.

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I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute Freedom and Wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil,—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society.

Henry David Thoreau

Walking (Thoreau)

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Walking." 23 Apr. 1851, Concord Lyceum, Concord, MA, USA. Lecture.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Walking." Civil Disobedience and Other Essays. Dover Publications, 1993.

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Perfection is the child of Time.

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Hall, Joseph. The Works of Joseph Hall Doctor in Divinitie, and Deane of Worchester. London: Nath. Butter, 1625.

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Look back, and smile at perils past!

Sir Walter Scott

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Scott, Walter, Sir [published anonymously]. "The Bridal of Triermain, or The Vale of St John." The Bridal of Triermain, Harold the Dauntless, Field of Waterloo, and Other Poems. Edinburgh: John Ballantyne and Co./London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, 1813.

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We find ourselves rich in goods, but ragged in spirit; reaching with magnificent precision for the moon, but falling into raucous discord on earth. We are caught in war, wanting peace. We are torn by division, wanting unity. We see around us empty lives, wanting fulfillment. We see tasks that need doing, waiting for hands to do them.

Richard Nixon

First Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon

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Nixon, Richard. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1969, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

Lord Acton

The History of Freedom in Antiquity

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Lord Acton. "The History of Freedom in Antiquity." 26 Feb. 1877, Bridgnorth Institute, Bridgnorth, England, UK. Address.

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They don't care. Just so long as you're wearing a skirt. It's like waving a red flag in front of a bull.

Some Like it Hot

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Some Like it Hot. Directed by Billy Wilder, The Mirisch Company, 1959.

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Nations, like men, have their infancy.

Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke

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St. John, Henry. "Of the Study of History." Letters on the Study and Use of History. J. J. Tourneisen, 1788, letter 5.

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Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 1.

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The tragedy of love is indifference.

William Somerset Maugham

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Maugham. William Somerset. The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands. George H. Doran Company, 1921.

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Great with child, and longing…for stewed prunes.

William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure

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Shakespeare, William. "Measure for Measure." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Measure for Measure." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

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