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"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."

Alfred E. Smith, American Politician

Sympathy, People, Constitution, Law

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"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."

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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."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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"September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world."

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"Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them."

Ben Elton, British Comedian

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"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."

Timothy J. Keller, American Author

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"Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load."

Charles Henry Parkhurst, American Clergyman

"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."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well."

Henry Cabot Lodge, American Politician

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"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."

Alexandre Dumas, French Dramatist

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"Some of the people we feel sorry for feel sorry for us for thinking that they are the ones who should be felt sorry for."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite it."

S. J. Perelman, American Writer

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"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."

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