We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
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I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.
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The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
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