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  Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.

  James Madison

  War, Liberty, Bears

  James Madison (1865). “Letters and other writings of James Madison”, p.471

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• The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they're supposed to like, what they're supposed to buy, and what they're supposed to laugh at.

  Marilyn Manson

  People, Laughing, Want

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.

  John W. Gardner

  Leadership, Sports, Education

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• Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny; they have only shifted it to another shoulder.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Revolution, Rebellious, Rebellion

  Man and Superman (1903) "The Revolutionist's Handbook," foreword

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• Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, 'rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation', a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.

  John F. Kennedy

  War, Struggle, Twilight

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961. The words in quotation marks are from the Bible, Romans 12:12.

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• Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But remember, as my plastic surgeon always said: if you gotta go, go with a smile.

  Jack Nicholson

  Useless Life, People, Littles

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• In times of war and in hours of crisis, Senator Kerry has turned his back on 'pay any price' and 'bear any burden', and he's replaced those commitments with 'wait and see' and 'cut and run'.

  George W. Bush

  Running, War, Commitment

  George W. Bush's speech at Island Grove Regional Park Events Center in Greeley, Colorado, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. October 25, 2004.

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• What makes loneliness an anguish
  Is not that I have no one to share my burden,
  But this:
  I have only my own burden to bear.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Loneliness, Being Alone, Bears

  "Markings". Book by Dag Hammarskjold, 1964.

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• War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.

  James Madison

  Peace, War, Government

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.

  Patti Smith

  Artist, House, Ordinary

  "The Wisdom of Patti Smith" by Victoria Dawson Hoff, www.elle.com. December 30, 2013.

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• Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.

  Amy Tan

  Responsibility, Culture

  The Salon Interview, www.salon.com. November 12, 1995.

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• Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

  Jeremy Collier

  Book, Support, Solitude

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• Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

  Hosea Ballou

  Justice, Bears, Commit

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• Great fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create.

  David McCallum

  Creative, Energy, Conformity

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• I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden.

  Ruth Rendell

  Thinking, Want, Driven

  FaceBook post by Ruth Rendell from Jun 23, 2011

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• But wishing our Kansas soldiers 'God speed' is not enough. We need to comfort, care for, and protect their families. And we should ease the financial burdens that these families often face

  Kathleen Sebelius

  Kansas, Soldier, Wish

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• In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large.

  Martin Van Buren

  Government, Community, Benefits

  United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren), Martin Van Buren (1838). “Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress: At the Commencement of the Third Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress”, p.12

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• The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness, all the burden on your heart disappears. All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears.

  Rajneesh

  Death, Fear, Heart

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• Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world.

  Edwin Markham

  Hoe, Age, World

  'The Man with the Hoe' (1899)

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• So many of us had hoped that the civil system might be an alternative for some women, where the burdens were a little bit less, and cases might be easier to prove.

  Susan Estrich

  Hippie, Alternatives, Littles

  "Naming Kobe Bryant's Accuser". "On the Record", www.foxnews.com. October 15, 2004.

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• One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than men is that the burden of conventional falsehood falls chiefly on them.

  Katharine Fullerton Gerould

  Fall, Men, Perfect

  Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1920). “Modes and Morals”

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• People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Thinking, People, Interesting

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• In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government.

  Ken Blackwell

  Government, Order, Growth

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• History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

  Lord Acton

  Memories, Illumination, Soul

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• The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Inspirational, Laughter, Light

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