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Sophocles:There is a point at which even justice


There is a point at which even justice does injury.
by Sophocles


John Dewey:Complete adaptation to environment


Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.
by John Dewey


W. H. Auden:All sin tends to be addictive, and


All sin tends to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is what is called damnation.
by W. H. Auden


Zohar:Before God manifested Himself, when all


Before God manifested Himself, when all things were still hidden in Him... He began by forming an imperceptible point; that was His own thought. With this thought He then began to construct a mysterious and holy form... the Universe.
by Zohar


Abraham Lincoln:I am a firm believer in the


I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
by Abraham Lincoln


H.L. Mencken:And what is a good citizen? Simply


And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring this uniformity up to the highest possible point. A school is a hopper into which children are heaved while they are still young and tender; there in they are pressed into certain standard shapes and covered from head to heels with official rubber stamps.
by H.L. Mencken


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