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Theodore Roosevelt Politician, Author
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"Our words must be judged by our deeds; and in striving for a lofty ideal we must use practical methods; and if we cannot attain all at one leap, we must advance towards it step by step, reasonably content so long as we do actually make some progress in the right direction."

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Thomas Huxley Biologist, Anthropologist
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"Social progress means a checking of the cosmic process at every step and the substitution for it of another, which may be called the ethical process; the end of which is not the survival of those who may happen to be the fittest, in respect of the whole of the conditions which obtain, but of those who are ethically the best."

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Steve Jobs Entrepreneur
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"To follow the path that others have laid before you is a reasonable course of action; therefore all progress is made by unreasonable men."

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"Just as the body has its progress and decadence, so also has the mind, and, therefore, the mind is not the soul, because the soul can neither decay nor degenerate."

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Oscar Wilde Writer
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"Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more."

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Jalal Talabani Politician
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"I must tell you that I am committed, as the president of Iraq, to benchmarks and to do our best to achieve some progress forward for national reconciliation."

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George Orwell Writer, Journalist
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"Progress and reaction have both turned out to be swindles. Seemingly, there is nothing left but quietism - robbing reality of its terrors by simply submitting to it."

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Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright
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"As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days."

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