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Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.

— W. L. George

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Given that we glimpse what distinguishes man from the beast, is there anything that distinguishes woman from man?

The Intelligence of Woman (1916)

She is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated.

The Intelligence of Woman (1916)

It is a city of terror and light, untamed and unwearied.

Hail, Columbia! (1921)

Men have been found to deny woman intellect; they have credited her with instinct, with intuition, with a capacity to correlate cause and effect much as a dog connects its collar with a walk.

The Intelligence of Woman (1916)

The solar system is like a roulette gone mad, and the earth is the ball. It's been rolling for millions of years; what's going to happen if it stops? What hole will the ball plump into? Thirty-six — A pocketful of money for everybody — or zero? And the eternal banker sweeps up the stakes?

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You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

Julian Assange

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

George Bernard Shaw

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

Martin Luther King Jr.

I call on you not to hate, because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking.

Saddam Hussein

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