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“ircumcision, an archaic ritual mutilation that has no justification whatever and no place in a civilized society.”

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“Bigotry and science can have no communication with each other, for science begins where bigotry and absolute certainty end. The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof. Let us never forget that tyranny most often springs from a fanatical faith in the absoluteness of one’s beliefs.”

“The world is so full of wonderful things we should all, if we were taught how to appreciate it, be far richer than kings.”

“Among both the Northern and Eastern Hamites are to be found some of the most beautiful types of humanity.”

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"No nation on earth can vie with the Hindus in respect of the antiquity oftheir civilization and the antiquity of their religion." ... "In a metaphysical point of view we fmd among the Hindus all the f…"

— Magnus Björnstjerna

Religion1779–1847

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"Often it is the case that it takes ‘just a little’ to help and support people, so they can help themselves. I have met adults and children, men and women, whose living conditions are difficult for us …"

— Mary

Literature1912–1989

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"Politicians picking and choosing recipients of is railed against by fiscal conservatives, for it’s a hallmark of corruption. And socialism."

— Sarah Palin

Politics1964

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"Some have felt that these blundering lives are due to the inconvenient indefiniteness with which the Supreme Power has fashioned the natures of women: if there were one level of feminine incompetence …"

— George Eliot

Journalism1819–1880

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