"We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration."

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Source : Irving Babbitt (1908). “Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities”

Irving Babbitt

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“I just want your extra time and your.......... Kiss”

Source : Song: Kiss extended version
“British rule depends upon repression and collaboration and the Irish people should recognise that those who collaborate with Britain in exchange for a slice of the cake will implement British policy and remain silent when Irish people are murdered and oppressed. It is they who are responsible for prolonging the war in Ireland. Without the quislings, without the collaborators, we would already have reached freedom.”
“We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmthÂ—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.”
“We need our veterans to set an example, like being the first ones there. A veteran is entitled to a bigger paycheck, but not a special set of rules.”
“I have gone from a player who thought he would spend his whole career with one organization to a player who's been with three organizations in a week. It's like rotisserie baseball.”

Source : Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.
“The September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon prompted a fundamental shift in the American government's approach to Islamic terrorism.”
“But I'll tell you this: When I lose my athleticism, it's time to go.”
“A majority vote is not an epistemological validation of an idea. Voting is merely a proper political device--within a strictly, constitutionall y delimited sphere of action--for choosing the practical means of implementing a societyâ€™s basic principles. But those principles are not determined by vote.”

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