Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
George S. Patton
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While there’s life, there’s hope.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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When Allah decides a matter, it is done.
Khalid ibn al-Walid
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
Thomas Carlyle
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Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
Epicurus
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I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.
Colin Powell
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Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property… Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
Thomas Paine
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Whether we’re Democrats, Republicans, or independents – it does not matter. We all understand that an attack on any one of us is an attack on all of us.
Michelle Obama
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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It’s a lovely experience walking around a museum by yourself.
Brad Pitt
Got any book recommendations?