"Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism."

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Irving Babbitt

#Democracy Quotes #Imperialism Quotes #Crusades Quotes

“Relations between States, as between individuals, must be regulated not by armed force, but in accordance with...truth, justice and vigorous and sincere co-operation.”
“Fiction is often a much-needed step back that gives you the distance to see things more clearly; it's very often better at explaining why events happened as opposed to just what happened.”

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“Learn the difference between striving for excellence and striving for perfection. The first is attainable; the second is not.”
“Well, acting is cheap; I knew all these actors who weren't in the Screen Actors Guild yet, and it happened that they were all just about thirty years old.”
“St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is why all pre-Christian philosophy is theological at its summit.”
“Jesus does not so much look at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.”
“I'm only 24 so I like to think I'm still close enough to 17 to still remember what it was like. Besides, I could just fake it and get away with it... it's not like there are any teenagers that still read comics.”
“The more I've traveled to war zones, the more I'm convinced that the impact and the effects are way beyond anything we can even begin to imagine.”

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