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"Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes for sincere philosophers. They use their enemies to challenge their arguments so that they can know the weak points in their own reasoning and how to argue for and strengthen their position. There are just none like one's enemies to always look for his mistakes and do it harder than anyone else."

"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."

"'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems."

"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."

"Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it."

"Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles."

"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."
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"Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard."

"Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system."

"The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams."

"The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel."

"Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education."

"The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years."

"We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette."

"Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future."

"The segregated schools of today are arguably no more equal than the segregated schools of the past."
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