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"I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them."

"I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey."

"I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell."

"Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State, but gives it direction and confidently participates in its administration."

"Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog."

"Even a child can offer ideas for improvement."

"Either we are running 'from' what we fear or running 'to' what we fear. The former is a choice controlled by fear, the latter is an action inspired by it."

"Write a book, not the book."
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"It seems to me that a kind of thinking which is not technocratic has an opportunity for a renaissance in this country."


"In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman."


"Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between parents and children."


"The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important than genetics."


"Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit."


"There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given."


"One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been good, bad or indifferent?"


"Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument."
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