"What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself."

Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian

Country, Friends, Man, Neighbors

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"What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself."

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"What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds."

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"This country and the Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from the Kingdom of Heaven."

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"In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment."

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"To be able to detect the outbreak of avian flu anywhere in the world is going to require a partnership of several countries that will share information and samples, but it is important to remember a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere."

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"We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition."

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"If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera."

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