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“The one irreducible truth about humanity is diversity.”

“Liberty dies where there is agreement without thought or argument.”

“When the world’s run by fools it’s the duty of intelligence to disobey.”

“You have to work out how not to die tomorrow.”

“The immense beauty, the vast almost unbearable beauty of justice.”

“I realized that the only possible response was to go to my wonderful local café, Maison Bertaux, check everyone was well, eat a little cake and then make art. To me, making art, and in particular public art, is always an assertion of our humanity and our strength.”

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"As a Special-Forces commander, Sharon was on the front—and in front of his men — performing daring assaults that saved Israel in both the 1967 and 1973 wars. Hated though he was abroad, Sharon was, ne…"

— Ilana Mercer

Journalism

#war

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— William Stanley Jevons

Economics1835–1882

#mind

"Well I'm, umm, were I to, to make the, the announcement to run, the reasons that I would run is because I have a great belief in this country, that it is, there's more natural resources than any natio…"

— Ted Kennedy

Politics1932–2009

#time