"One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."
"I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either."
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Source: Antigone. Play by Sophocles, Line 181,
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