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“The world became more aware that America-despite being the hope of many who have the personal drive and ambition to become part of the "American dream"-is beset by serious operational challenges: a massive and growing national debt, widening social inequality, a cornucopian culture that worships materialism, a financial system given to greedy speculation, and a polarized political system”
― Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power
― Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power
“Without even knowing it ourselves, we were ransomed by the small change in copper that was left from the golden coins our great-grandfathers had expended, at a time when morality was not considered relative and when the distinction between good and evil was very simply perceived by the heart.”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
“We have a large public that is very ignorant about public affairs and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record, but mouth appealing slogans”
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“The capacity to pay attention to an afflicted person is something very rare, very difficult; it is nearly a miracle. It is a miracle. Nearly all those who believe they have this capacity do not. Warmth, movements of the heart, and pity are not sufficient.”
― Waiting for God
― Waiting for God
“God offers to every mind a choice between repose and truth. take which you please--you can never have both. [Essay on Intellect]”
― The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
― The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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