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"There's nothing wrong with the free-enterprise system. But it has to have some compassion."
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"He held out a shaky and worn hand and she met it with one of her young and inexperienced ones."

"When you learn to kill animals, you are unconsciously teaching cruelty to other creations."

"Before hurting an animal, feel her pain and see her tears. Then question your conscience."

"Wisdom without Christ brings bitterness, with Christ it brings compassion."

"Approaching others with a loving heart enables you to be more caring, compassionate, and empathetic. What's not to love about that?"

"Have compassion for people as long as you are one of them too."

"A word of consolation may sweetly touch the ear.Now and then a quiet songwill clear the mind of fear.A simple act of kindnesscan ease a load of care.Stories told in memorydiminish all despair.A whispered prayer of comfortdraws angel arms around.Counting blessings, great and small,helps gratitude abound.These acts, all sympathetic,will kindly play their part.But seldom do they dry the tearsshed mutely in the heart."

"You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion."

"Love can extend far beyond the people whom we know and it makes us a part of something much greater than ourselves."

"The practice of understanding, forgiveness, and love is the best practice for a peaceful world."
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"We pretended there was no problem with Agent Orange after Vietnam and later the Pentagon recanted, after untold suffering by veterans."

"I have stood on the front lines of the health care system as a doctor, patient and concerned parent. Those experiences have served as my guideposts throughout the struggle to reform America's health care system. And it's those same experiences that tell me that fear and election hysteria should not overshadow the reality of reform."

"But beyond the hysteria of phantom death panels, where is the abomination? Show me the provisions that will hurt consumers, because if you think a $110 billion a year tax break for working-class Americans to buy private health insurance is a government takeover, I welcome the debate."

"There's nothing wrong with the free-enterprise system. But it has to have some compassion."
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