“ Questions about political theatre always overlook America's most powerful and effective political theatre, which is always thriving: the American musical. The politics is conservative but, to my mind, effective and insidious. ”
- John Lahr- Copy
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“ Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ When I tell any truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those who do. ”
- Sir William Blake- Copy
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“ It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong. ”
- Wendell Willkie- Copy
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“ There is no poison on earth more potent, nor half so deadly, as a partial truth mixed with passion. ”
- Michael J. Tucker- Copy
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“ This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitor's arm, Quite vanquish'd him; then burst his mighty heart. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ If we are strong, our character will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help. ”
- John F. Kennedy- Copy
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“ The will is the strong blind man who carries on his shoulders the lame man who can see. ”
- Arthur Schopenhauer- Copy
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“ Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be. ”
- Friedrich Nietzsche- Copy
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“ Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes; lesser ones exist on wishes and inclinations. ”
- Kenneth Hildebrand- Copy
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“ Strong people are made by opposition, like kites that go up against the wind. ”
- Frank Harris- Copy
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“ It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government. ”
- George Will- Copy
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“ Words — so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. ”
- Nathaniel Hawthorne- Copy
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“ The words `I am…' are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you. ”
- A.L. Kitselman- Copy
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