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" We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step. "

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" By 'justice', I understand nothing more than that bond which is necessary to keep the interest of individuals united, without which men would return to their original state of barbarity. All punishments which exceed the necessity of preserving this bond are, in their nature, unjust. "

Cesare Beccaria

Justice

Bond

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" I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit. "

" The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. "

" Storms of every sort, torrents, earthquakes, cataclysms, 'convulsions of nature,' etc., however mysterious and lawless at first sight they may seem, are only harmonious notes in the song of creation, varied expressions of God's love. "

" Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields with the fantasy of wind blowing and changing colors and forms. "

" More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. "

Kofi Annan

Women

Development

" Nature is the purest thing we can touch and observe. It can be the most beautiful and also the most devastating. "

" Nature is not human hearted. "

" It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own. "

" Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. "

" The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that. "

" Human bodies are designed for regular physical activity. The sedentary nature of much of modern life probably plays a significant role in the epidemic incidence of depression today. Many studies show that depressed patients who stick to a regimen of aerobic exercise improve as much as those treated with medication. "

" Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. "

" Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth. "

" Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances. "

" How inscrutable and incomprehensible are the hidden works of Nature! "

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Hidden

Nature

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" To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another. "

" I'm very inspired by nature - you could say Mother Nature. I look at things around me and get all kinds of inspiration daily. "

" Nature is our eldest mother; she will do no harm. "

" One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself. "

" Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? "

" Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality. "

" The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands. "

" Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. "

" The Amen of nature is always a flower. "

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Amen

Nature

Flower

" As pessimistic as I am about the nature of human beings and our capacity for atrocity and malevolence and betrayal and laziness and inertia, and all those things, I think we can transcend all that and set things straight. "

" Water is the driving force of all nature. "

" I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature. "

" Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence. "

Adam Smith

Innocence

Justice

" I can't go against my nature because I am what I am. I don't try to be anyone different to who I am. "

Brian McDermott

Nature

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