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But influence in society is a capital that must be used sparingly, lest it disappear.
“So we took our books and went back over a hundred years of Italian history in search of a "just war." It's not our fault if we didn't find one.”
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“Today, when I meet married couples, I always say: Go ahead and argue, break a few plates if you think it helps - to some extent, that's quite normal - but never do it in front of the children, and try to make up before the day is over. Because the real danger is that of the cold war the next day.”
― Hope: The Autobiography
― Hope: The Autobiography
“A law is not made just by the sole fact that is expresses the will of the people. An unjust law, even if it expresses the will of the people, is not law.”
― Man and the State
― Man and the State
“Lubianka was a hard school, but a good one. I learned there the lesson which would keep me going in the years to come: religion, prayer, and love of God do not change reality, but they govern it a new meaning.”
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“It is undoubtedly true, though it may seem paradoxical; but in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying faults, are unqualified for the work of reformation: because their minds are not only unfurnished with patterns of the fair and good, but by habit their come to take no delight in the contemplation of those things.”
― Reflections On The Revolution In France [Christmas Summary Classics]
― Reflections On The Revolution In France [Christmas Summary Classics]
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