Human progress had so often been checked by those who were afraid of losing what they had. - Marya Mannes - Quotesmemo.com

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Marya Mannes

Human progress had so often been checked by those who were afraid of losing what they had.

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The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.

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Euthanasia. . . is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.

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I would call an intellectual one whose instrument of work - his mind - is also his major source of pleasure; a man whose entertainment is his intelligence.

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We pity or condemn the communist peoples of the world for being bound in the chains of doctrine. So are we. Our doctrine runs as follows: Our Way is the Only Way.

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People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.

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