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“Pleasure is not arbitrary; it is the sign by which the human organization shows that it is performing a function which it finds appropriate to its means and ends.”
“I have no doubt that, being human, he enjoys praise, but he has consistently shunned the mechanics and functionaries of publicity.”
“There is little glory in what he is doing. But Thomas is having a magnificent time. He is doing what he wants to do and doing it well.”
“A good friend might advise Stalin to put a stop to the orgy of personal glorification which has been permitted to sweep the country.”
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“The remarkable work of atomic scientists is benefiting mankind in a thousand ways, and the inspiring fact is that this work has only begun.”
“The Samoan girl leads a busy, unconscious existence in which impulse and duty appear to play pleasantly correlative roles.”
“Posterity is unlikely to deal kindly with his willingness to be a singer in the camp of George W. Bush.”
“Whatever the solutions, the problem is clear—and that should be more than enough reason for change.”
“Neither the overthrow of the Baathist regime nor Saddam’s capture can erase the fact that Washington helped prop up Saddam for years.”
“Power is a mighty temptation. Money is another. Put the two together, and you have a force to reckon with.”
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