“The need for government in these respects arises because absolute freedom is impossible. However attractive anarchy may be as a philosophy, it is not feasible in a world of imperfect men.”

― Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom

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“None but ourselves can free our minds!”

― Bob Marley, Redemption Song

“As we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. Yet the state of our Union has never been stronger.”

― George W. Bush, State of the Union Address

“I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion.”

― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley

“A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.”

― Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

“He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with the one than happiness with the other.”

― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

“The future, good or ill, was not forgotten, but ceased to have any power over the present. Health and hope grew strong in them, and they were content with each good day as it came, taking pleasure in every meal, and in every word and song.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.”

― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“If the absolutely pure, uncalculating, unpractical spirit of adventure had ever ruled a human being, it ruled this bepatched youth. I almost envied him the possession of this modest and clear flame.”

― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

“The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort.”

― Confucius, Analects

“The truth seems to be, however, that, when he casts his leaves forth upon the wind, the author addresses, not the many who will fling aside his volume, or never take it up, but the few who will understand him, better than most of his schoolmates...”

― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

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