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"In 1939 Winston Churchill, describing the 5000-mile peaceful border dividing Canada and the United States, said, 'That long frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, guarded only by neighborly respect and honorable obligations, is an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world."
"People.. were poor not because they were stupid or lazy. They worked all day long, doing complex physical tasks. They were poor because the financial institution in the country did not help them widen their economic base."
"The problem of reconciling human suffering with the existence of a God who loves, is only insoluble so long as we attach a trivial meaning to the word "love", and look on things as if man were the centre of them. Man is not the centre. God does not exist for the sake of man. Man does not exist for his own sake. "Thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." We were made not primarily that we may love God (though we were made for that too) but that God may love us, that we may become objects in which the divine love may rest "well pleased"."
"Campaign promises are - by long democratic tradition - the least binding form of human commitment."
"The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible."
"As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion"
"Good travels at a snail's pace. Those who want to do good are not selfish, they are not in a hurry, they know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time."
"I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots."
"I'm in the world where things are taken, never given. How long they choose to love you will never be your decision."
"In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally."
"I, for one, will join in with anyone -- I don't care what color you are -- as long as you want to change this miserable condition that exists on this earth."
"Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again. That is why every man's story is important, eternal, sacred; that is why every man, as long as he lives and fulfills the will of nature, is wondrous, and worthy of consideration. In each individual the spirit has become flesh, in each man the creation suffers, within each one a redeemer is nailed to the cross."
"Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can."
"In the long run my observations have convinced me that some men, reasoning preposterously, first establish some conclusion in their minds which, either because of its being their own or because of their having received it from some person who has their entire confidence, impresses them so deeply that one finds it impossible ever to get it out of their heads."
"Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way."
"How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?"
"For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath."
"Do not believe yourself healthy. Immortality is health; this life is a long sickness."
"Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results."
"Long hair is an unpardonable offense which should be punishable by death."
