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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

Sympathy, Existence, Happiness, Life

"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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"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

Sympathy, Friendship, Passion, Unity

"Because I select my players from a feeling that comes to me when I am with them, a certain sympathy you might call it, or a vibration that exists between us that convinces me they are right."

Erich von Stroheim, Austrian Actor

Sympathy, Feeling, Right

"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."

Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher

Sympathy, Philosophy, Present, Will

"Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction."

Anne Sullivan, American Educator

Sympathy, Children, Guidance

"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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"The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party."

Goldwin Smith, Canadian Historian

Sympathy, Humanity, Party, Prejudice

"In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion."

Frances E. Willard, American Activist

Sympathy, Thought, Fashion

"I joined the Party definitely in 1923 after having already been in sympathy with it before."

Fritz Sauckel, German Soldier

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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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