"Those who have a tolerable knowledge of human nature will not stand in need of such lights."

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Alexander Hamilton

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“When I tell people I work to stop hazing in high schools I am almost always met with shocked expressions. "High school? Really? I thought that was something that only arrogant frat guys do in college." But it's true - as long as I have worked on preventing bullying in high schools, I have worked to prevent hazing.”

Source : "The Messy Reality of High School Hazing" by Rosalind Wiseman, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 23, 2009.
“We will not stand for it any more. No more lies. No more pre-emptive, illegal war, based on false information. No more God-is-on-our-side religious nonsense to justify this immoral, illegal war. We are here to say most fundamentally, no more inhumanity in the name of our nation.”

Source : Rocky Anderson's speech against the war in Iraq and Bush administration policies at a rally in Washington Square Salt Lake City, Utah, archive.sltrib.com. August 30, 2006.
“The typical American believes that no necessity of the soul is free and that there are precious few, if any, which cannot be bought.”
“Whether you're a farmer, builder or engineer, the opportunities are equal: Just add a little innovation.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 30, 2013
“Definitions would be good things if we did not use words to make them.”
“I know that money speaks more loudly than need.”
“Invention is arrived at by intelligent stumbling.”

Source : "Spotlight: Amar Bose, the guru of sound design" by Roxana Popescu, www.nytimes.com. May 11, 2007.
“A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity.”

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