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"Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty."
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"Independence that has declared its 'independence' from the sure and certain compass of sound morals is nothing more than rogue greed having scantily dressed itself in the garb of independence while running off the cliff of anarchy."

"See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too."

"Never obey anyone's command unless it is coming from within you also."

"True respect comes when we fend for ourselves without the aid of anyone, and when we owned something and say, 'this is my own'! Not necessarily as a way of boasting of our abundance and grace, but having a feeling that we can use it without obstruction, or being asked to return the favor."

"Don't run with the crowd, fly with the stars."

"What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.... It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."

"If I were surrounded by people who always approved of me, I wouldn't need such a deep relationship with my own sense of right and wrong. And you know what that means? It means that other people's approval is actually a hindrance, more than a helper, when it comes to self-discovery."

"The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready."

"Very often it seems that people assume that by cutting the wings of others, it becomes easier to love them. They know so little about love that end up creating a perception of love that is devilish and demoniacal. And I end with no other choice but to remain single and let them go."
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"But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy."

"Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability."

"You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it."

"You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win."

"The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision."
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