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We are obliged to respect, defend a…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race. Great short quote and quotation by: Cicero , Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC – 43 BC)

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We cannot live only for ourselves. …

15 Feb , 2011  

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. Great short quote and quotation by: Herman Melville , US novelist & sailor (1819 – 1891)

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Richard T. Ely

We have among us a class of mammon …

15 Feb , 2011  

We have among us a class of mammon worshippers, whose one test of conservatism or radicalism is the attitude one takes with respect to accumulated wealth. Whatever tends to preserve the wealth of the wealthy is called conservatism, and whatever favors anything else, no matter what is called socialism. Great short quote and quotation by: […]

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US Declaration of Independence

We hold these truths to be self-evi…

15 Feb , 2011  

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Great short quote and quotation by: US Declaration of Independence ,

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Herbert Simon, economist

What information consumes is rather…

15 Feb , 2011  

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it. Great short quote and quotation by: Herbert Simon, economist ,

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Abraham Lincoln

With malice toward none, with chari…

15 Feb , 2011  

With malice toward none, with charity for all, …let us strive on to finish the work we are in, …to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. Great short quote and quotation by: Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1865 , 16th president […]

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