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Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I've discarded a belief i...

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Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I've discarded a belief i...

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Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people sho...

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Guy de MaupassantCollected Stories of Guy De Maupassant

Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands...

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I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothi...

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Howard ZinnYou Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

He is not, he hopes, a sentimentalist. He tries not to sentimentalize the animals he kills, or to se...

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(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retri...

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Mr. Buckley, let me explain it this way. And I'll do so very carefully and slowly so that even you w...

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But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.

Yes," said Locke."Yes, Master Ibelius. I'm going to put that fucker in the dirt as deeply as any man...

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Payback is a bitch, and the bitch is back.

The only reason I haven't shot you yet is because he's the one who should get to do it," I say. "Sta...

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Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.