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"Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions."
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"Stretch yourself a bit to know the difference between humans and heroes."

"I have never accepted what many people have kindly said namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the nation and the race dwelling all around the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar."

"Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism."

"The ultimate act of heroism shouldn't be death. You're always saying you want to give Baz the stories he deserves... So you're going to kill him off? Isn't the best revenge supposed to be a life well-lived? The punk-rock way to end it would be to let them live happily ever after."

"There are those who hold first rankers and there are those who are heroes."

"Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity."
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"We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest."

"An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think."

"Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights."

"The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything."

"To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual."

"Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it."

"When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated."
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