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" In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer. "

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" Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act. "

" The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to our culture. "

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" The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood. "

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" Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers. "

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" War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing. "

" It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless. "

" A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail. "

" War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society. "

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" Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. "

" However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson; nothing is impossible. "

" Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities. "

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" To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity. "

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" A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. "

" Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet. "

" Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends. "