"If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions of the human mind."

-- Wilhelm von Humboldt

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“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest with the family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else.”
“It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. And we're in a place now where we all need one another, and it's going to get rougher.”

Source : "Tribute to Prince, Part 2". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. April 25, 2016.
“The assumption that the square of a unit vector is positive unity leads to an algebra whose characteristic quantities are non-associative.”
“A state's potential power is based on the size of its population and the level of its wealth.”

Source : John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.60, W. W. Norton & Company
“Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to being alone in their thoughts and dilemmas or regrets or happiness or whatever.”
“Itâ€™s a mistake to blame Islam, a religion 14 centuries old, for the evil that should be ascribed to militant Islam, a totalitarian ideology less than a century old. Militant Islam is the problem, but moderate Islam is the solution.”
“The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.”
“If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.”

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