"There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Polls? Nah... they're for strippers and cross country skiers.”

Source : "Exclusive Interview: Sarah Palin on Animal Rights". Interview with Andrew Kirschner, kirschnerskorner.com. January 26, 2016.
“In reality, the main thing that keeps me awake at night is probably the destruction of the planet that's what gets me pretty upset.”
“Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.”
“Lower the Law and you dim the light by which man perceives his guilt; this is a very serious loss to the sinner rather than a gain; for it lessens the likelihood of his conviction and conversion. I say you have deprived the gospel of its ablest auxiliary [its most powerful weapon] when you have set aside the Law. You have taken away from it the schoolmaster that is to bring men to Christ . . . They will never accept grace till they tremble before a just and holy Law. Therefore the Law serves a most necessary purpose, and it must not be removed from its place.”
“I don't believe that China, in my lifetime or maybe my children's lifetime, be equal to the United States militarily speaking, but they are very careful to avoid any engagement in war, they are basically a peaceful country, which gives them another advantage over the United States when we are much more inclined to go to war for various reasons.”
“I think that when people are at their best, when they are thinking, reflecting, cogitating, then they are doing philosophy. So I don't see philosophy as an academic enterprise.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“Teens find out a lot from other teens.”
“I'm a reporter. I'm not a scholar.”

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