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Don't hate, it's too big a burden to bear.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Home is the place, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.
- Robert Frost

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
- William Shakespeare

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
- Abraham Lincoln

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
- Benjamin Disraeli

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
- Benjamin Franklin

Walter Lippmann Quotes and Quotations

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes the right important.

- Walter Lippmann | Conversation Quotes

In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable.

- Walter Lippmann | Democracy Quotes

A man has honour if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable or dangerous to do so.

- Walter Lippmann | Honour Quotes

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

- Walter Lippmann | Power Quotes

Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.

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Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

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