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  The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

  Ayn Rand

  Philosophy, Humor, Rights

  Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.125, Penguin

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• Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.

  William Feather

  Life, Thank You, Appreciation

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• Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools.

  Taylor Caldwell

  Stupid, Silly, Happy Life

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• Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.

  Chris Van Allsburg

  Art, Thinking, Praise

  Caldecott Medal acceptance speech for Jumanji, polarexpress.com. 1982.

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• For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.

  Albert Camus

  Men, Law, Trying

  Albert Camus (2012). “Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays”, p.190, Vintage

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• Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Woe, Obedience, Refuse

  Thomas Carlyle (2014). “The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.228, Lulu.com

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• A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory.

  Richard Dawkins

  Atheism, Looks, Different

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• Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous.

  William Wells Brown

  Responsibility, Tyrants, Numbers

  William Wells Brown (1853). “Clotel; or, The president's daughter”, p.179

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• The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget.

  Mark Dayton

  Administration, Serious, Madness

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• Claims of right and insistence upon obligations may depend upon treaty stipulations, or upon the rules of international law, or upon the sense of natural justice applied to the circumstances of a particular case, or upon disputed facts.

  Elihu Root

  Law, Natural Justice, May

  Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”

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• I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference.

  John Engler

  Successful, Differences, Decision

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• As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same.

  Jacques Chirac

  Country, Action, Nations

  "French Leader Offers Formula to Tackle Iraq". www.nytimes.com. September 09, 2002.

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• France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are 'made in America.'

  Helen Rowland

  Divorce, America, Literature

  Helen Rowland (2017). “A Guide to Men: Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl”, p.26, Litres

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• Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality, ideologies of consent and not of rebellion.

  Albert Camus

  Reality, Our World, Uprising

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.247, Vintage

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• Feminism - the word - can give us a handle, a rallying point, a common ground, and help us build a bridge. Why not claim the gift of the word as a place to begin?

  Betty Buckley

  Bridges, Rallying Point, Giving

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• For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim.

  Philip Pullman

  Long, Titles, Boots

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• My only claim to fame, if I have one, is that I'm an editor.

  Woody Herman

  Editors, Fame, Ifs

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• Birth on U.S. territory has never been an absolute claim to citizenship.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Territory, Birth, Citizenship

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• Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing.

  J. L. Austin

  Ordinary, Lasts, Language

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• There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules.

  Paul Eldridge

  Discovery, Sole, Profundity

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• Award trophies, as opposed to letting the players define and claim their own. Ultimately, pay them to play so that their activity not only resembles work but is work.

  John Thorn

  Player, Awards, Pay

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• Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth.

  David Korten

  Wealth

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• I couldn't claim that I have never felt the urge to explore evil, but when you descend into hell you have to be very careful.

  Kathleen Raine

  Evil, Decision, Hell

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• I don't claim to be a musician, I didn't go to Julliard.

  Dick Dale

  Musician

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• Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people.

  Harold H. Greene

  Names, People, Acting

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