"Yes, we did produce a near perfect republic. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the path of destruction."

-- Thomas Jefferson

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“We do not weary of eating and sleeping every day, for hunger and sleepiness recur. Without that we should weary of them. So, without the hunger for spiritual things, we weary of them. Hunger after righteousness--the eighth beatitude.”
“Being married gives one one's position like nothing else can.”
“Forgettingâ€™s not something you do, it happens to you. Only it didnâ€™t happen to me.”
“People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.”
“Life isn't just to be found, you have to work for it.”
“It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.”

Source : Letter to President Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, en.wikiquote.org. December 5, 1987.
“Prayer provides an opportunity to remind oneself of how one should be living, our responsibilities to others, our own failings, and our relative good fortune, should we have it. This is, I think, a pretty worthwhile practice and it is not something you can only do if you believe you are talking to an unseen creator.”
“Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him.”

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