"It is easier to forgive certain dislikes than to share certain enthusiasms."

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“An individual declares himself a member of some group or other with the goal of demanding in its name what he is ashamed to claim in his own name.”

“No public cause deserves the unlimited allegiance of an intelligent man.”

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“The individual shrinks in proportion as the state grows.”

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