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"The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century."

"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."

"What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country."

"A house in the country is not the same as a country house."

"Compared to the United States and certainly a lot of other countries around the world... per year, Australians do see more films."

"Every nation must have prayerful men and women to intercede for the country's well-being."
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"My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs."

"But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year."

"Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types."

"My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it."

"I was a town child, it is true, but that did not prevent me enjoying open-air life, with plants and animals."

"But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty."
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