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"We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy."
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"But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people--first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy."

"Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help."

"There is a third quality to friendship, and it is not as easy to put into a single word. The right word, literally, is 'sympathy' - sym-pathos, common passion. This means that friendships are discovered more than they are created at will."

"I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine."

"A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will can be entirely eliminated from any human philosophy."

"It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy."

"There is something so awe-inspiring in great afflictions that even in the worst times the first emotion of a crowd has generally been to sympathise with the sufferer in a great catastrophe."
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"I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say."

"Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do."

"Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects."

"I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle."

"If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories."

"As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible."

"If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?"

"People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got."
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