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"The time has come, or is about to come, when only large-scale civil disobedience, which should be nonviolent, can save the populations from the universal death which their governments are preparing for them."
"I should not be a Christian but for the miracles."
"It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist."
"We should celebrate immigrants and everything they do for our country."
"I don't know why you'd go to a comedian and say, "You know what? You have a large menu of items, but this one thing I did not like and therefore, you should be shut down. You should cease to make a living and you should be thrown out in the streets.""
"Women feel safe with me as well they should, because not only am I morally objected at going too far, but physically I cannot do it."
"I'm going to outplay you. That's the mentality I have, and you should want to outplay me."
"Jim Rohn is outstanding! He is among the most polished, professional speakers in America, with a message everyone should hear."
"The service members don't ask much of us. They ask to be well trained. They ask to be well equipped and they ask to be well led. And if something should happen to them, they ask that we take care of their families."
"The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three."
"Why should i remember anything if i can just look it up?"
"Science can only state what is, not what should be."
"I myself should also be dead already, but I am still here."
"I should very much like to remain in the darkness of not having been analyzed."
"It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised."
"For those who sincerely seek the truth should not fear the outcome."
"I am convinced that nobody should be afraid of peace."
"You should make the world understand that Israel is the oppressor and that Israel must be destroyed."
"For the poets, my hope is that they will, quite simply, feel the obligation to be really informed about the situation in which we find ourselves, in terms of our imperiled planet. You should inform yourself so deeply that it becomes part of your nature, part of your voice."
"You should not propose marriage until you have resolved your feelings about your ex."
