"States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions."
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"We are independent of the change we detect. The longer the lever, the less perceptible its motion. It is the slowest pulsation which is the most vital. The hero then will know how to wait, as well as to make haste. All good abides with him who waiteth wisely; we shall sooner overtake the dawn by remaining here than by hurrying over the hills of the west."
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"Around the hero everything turns into a tragedy, around the demigod, a satyr-play, and around God--what? perhaps a "world"?"
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"Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, and over these ideals they dispute-but they all worship money."
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"The coward makes himself cowardly, the hero makes himself heroic."
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"Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation."
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"It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero."
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"For me, the hero’s journey is not the voyage from weakness to strength. The true hero’s journey is the voyage from strength to weakness."
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"Boileau said that Kings, Gods and Heroes only were fit subjects for literature. The writer can only write about what he admires. Present-day kings aren't very inspiring, the gods are on a vacation and about the only heroes left are the scientists and the poor."
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"They tell you to be careful because maybe you don't want to meet your heroes. I've met pretty much every one, and I've never been let down."
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"Typically, the hero of the fairy tale achieves a domestic, microcosmic triumph, and the hero of myth a world-historica l, macrocosmic triumph. Whereas the former-the youngest or despised child who becomes the master of extraordinary powers-prevails over his personal oppressors, the latter brings back from his adventure the means for the regeneration of his society as a whole."
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"The essence of oneself and the essence of the world: these two are one. [ The aim is not to see, but to realize that one is, that essence; then one is free to wander as that essence in the world.] Hence separateness, withdrawal, is no longer necessary. Wherever the hero may wander, whatever he may do, he is ever in the presence of his own essence-for he has the perfected eye to see."
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"Heroes always make the right decision; I find that seldom happens in my life."
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"It is more difficult to be an honorable man for a week than to be a hero for fifteen minutes."
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"The last act in the biography of the hero is that of the death or departure."
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"Whether you call someone a hero or a monster is all relative to where the focus of your consciousness may be."
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"I was never disappointed by the people I've admired. And the choices I made when I was in a position where it was do-or-die were made with my heroes in mind."
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"Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone."
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"Martin Luther King, Jr.'s peaceful, determined struggle for social justice, and Sargent Shriver, who launched the Peace Corps, were early heroes. A career of public service was the ultimate aspiration."
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"Real change in society must start from individual initiative."
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