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"A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society."
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"Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic animals and birds in the prison. And I wonder what other activity could better have softened and refined their harsh and brutal natures than this. But it was not allowed. Neither the regulations nor the nature of the prison made it possible."
"The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away."
"A lot of attention has been given over to the Catholic Churches sexual abuse of children in their care, but this attention seems to have been hijacked by the media and has overshadowed the many thousands of victims that endured physical abuse."
"I think I can speak for every Senator, saying that he or she ran for the Senate because we want to help make this a better place; that is, we want to help our States and help America."
"Though the earth contains greater energy and mass than any single being, linked together, "people make the world go-round"."
"The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality."
"Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the heights; as something more delicate, more fragile, more savage, stranger, sweeter, soulful " but as something which has to be caged up so that it shall not fly away."
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"Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts."
"Each individual is unique. We all have equal worth. Young and old, those who can cope and those who need help."
"If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better."
"Villa Grande has in many ways symbolized an important, but less than pleasant, part of our history."
"There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community."
"We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings."
"We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach."
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