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" The very strength of a nation eventually proves to be its weakness. "
Paul P. Harris
Nation
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" Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall. "
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" When an individual, a sect, a clique or a nation hates and despises another individual, sect, clique or nation, he or they simply do not know the objects of their hatred. Ignorance is at the bottom of it. "
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" One's nativity is not of his own choosing, but whatever it may be, it is entitled to respect; and all nations have honorable place in the world's family. "
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" Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless. "
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" In the clashes between ignorance and intelligence, ignorance is generally the aggressor. "
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" It did not come naturally; in fact, it would be difficult to conceive of any more dogmatic and less tolerant people than the first settlers on New England shores. "
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" Individuals and nations owe it to themselves and the world to become informed. "
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" Much responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the song leader; it is not infrequently within his power to make or break a meeting. "
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" If there ever was a militant religion, it was that of early New England. "
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" The lawlessness of frontier life in America has been pictured as a remarkable phenomenon. In reality, it was the natural consequence of indiscriminate mixing of volatile substances. "
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" Ideas have unhinged the gates of empires. "
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" Segregation never brought anyone anything except trouble. "
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" While the struggle for religious liberty had proceeded without large-scale bloodshed in New England and elsewhere in the United States, the struggle for political liberty had not fared so well. "
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" The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal, the less the disposition to be meddlesome, critical, and overbearing. "
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" Ignorance is a menace to peace. "
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" Singing is not indulged in by Rotary clubs of some countries and all clubs are given full privilege to do as they please about including it in their programs. "
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" There is nothing in the genius of America more precious today than the spirit of religious and political tolerance in its application to our own people. "
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" It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement. "
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" But primitive man had enemies real as well as imaginary, and they were not subject to priestly sorceries. "
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" In the cold, shivering twilight, preceding the daybreak of civilization, the dominating emotion of man was fear. "
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