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Edmund Burke

"It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do."

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"Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity."

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"Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, "You're a good man, Harry."I swallowed and bowed my head, made humble by the tone of her voice and the expression on her face, more than the words themselves.Not always rational," she said, smiling. "But you're the best kind of crazy."

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"The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them."

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"It isn't the world at stake, Ender. Just us. Just humankind. As far as the rest of the earth is concerned, we could be wiped out and it would adjust, it would get on with the next step in evolution. But humanity doesn't want to die. As a species, we have evolved to survive."

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"Some people are here on earth because they were sent to hell."

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"We refuse to despair of mankind. Without having the unreasonable ambition to save men, we still want to serve them."

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"This is what the Others have done to us. You can't band together to fight without trust. And without trust, there was no hope. How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity."

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