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To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt. Mikhail Bakunin

Life Dignity Animal Natural Worm Relative Vitality General Tendency Foot Instinct Crushes Revolt Intensity Against Natural Tendency Turns Measured Even

The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is. Phillips Brooks

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. Sigmund Freud

Reality Sometimes Pain Enjoy Complaint Bit Pleasure Must Dashed Allow Instead Pieces Accept Because Without Commend Which Against Themselves Us Therefore Illusions Save

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? Walt Whitman

Great You Learning Those Admired Only Tender Learned Passage Were Stood Against Aside Themselves Who Lessons Disputed

To learn patience is not to rebel against every hardship. Henri Nouwen

Patience Every Learn Against Rebel Hardship

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Lie Sometimes Wind Sail Anchor Must Drift Reach Against Port

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings. Alice Miller

Feelings Unwanted Own Defense Despised Weak Weapon Contempt Against

I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to. J. C. Watts

You Validation Say Those Secure Would Comfortable Accepted Am Going Order Grain Against Certain Who Thing Need

I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you're constantly focused on scoring hits against each one another. Yes, we need a robust democracy, but you can be strong, and you can be kind. Jacinda Ardern

Politics Democracy You Ego Strong Be Kind Be Strong Focused Kind Constantly Idea Another Robust Scoring Yes Hits Where Place Against Really Full Rebel Each Each One Need

I may be what my enemies desire me to be, yet never an accusation are they able to hurl against me which makes me blush or lower my forehead; and I hope that God will be merciful enough with me, to prevent me from committing one of those faults which would involve my family. Jose Rizal

Hope God Family Me Enemies Will Enough Faults Those Would Hurl Able Prevent Never Merciful Involve Makes Forehead Accusation May Committing Blush Which Against Lower Desire

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Adversity Great Man World Sight See Great Man Struggling Bravest Against

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Battle Intelligence Language Our Philosophy Against Means

When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. Rumi

Dust Rug Someone Beats Blows Against

The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment, promise generous pension plans to keep people voting for failure. Rinse, wash and repeat. Ben Shapiro

Government Failure Capitalism People Simple Voting Job Increase Enough Spending Job Creators Boost Promise City Pension Detroit Allow Generous Until Employment Inequality Repeat Government Spending Campaign Tax Order Bankruptcy Story Against Flee Plans Wash Grow Keep Creators Income Income Inequality

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Guard Complex Must Sought Unwarranted Influence Whether Against Acquisition Military-Industrial

We have to be bold in our national ambitions. First, we must win the fight against poverty within the next decade. Second, we must improve moral standards in government and society to provide a strong foundation for good governance. Third, we must change the character of our politics to promote fertile ground for reforms. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Politics Government Good Character Change Fight Strong Win Poverty First National Ambition Society Our Moral Must Promote Within Governance Provide Fertile Decade Improve Reforms Against Next Ground Standards Bold Foundation Good Governance Second Third

It may be shocking to some people in this country to realize that, without meaning to do so, they hold views in common with Hitler when they preach discrimination against other religious, racial or economic groups. Henry A. Wallace

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. James Madison

Home Tyranny Become Defense Danger Instruments Foreign Historically Against Means

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Character Man Water Fire Down Once Unmoved Out Vanishes Threats Purest Brought Thrown Put Over Also Himself False Accusation Heaven Against Sea Standing Boils

As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office. Molly Ivins

You Vote Women Money Say Drink Take Around Texas Office Legislature Screw Anyway Against Whiskey They Say Belong

The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day. Samuel Gompers

Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. W. C. Fields

Politics Vote Hell Never Always Anybody Against

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it. Alan Dershowitz

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