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“A great nation is not saved by wars, it is saved by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting corruption swiftly; by good temper between parties; by the people knowing true men when they see them, and preferring them as leaders to rabid partisans and empty quacks.”
― William James

“...do every day or two something for no other reason that you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.”
― William James, Habit

“The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith

“The complaints of the privileged are too often confused with the voice of the masses.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith