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• One definition of the wicked is that they will resort to whatever means are necessary to achieve their ends. Therefore, if those who oppose wickedness don't learn the art of war, they will be helpless.

  George Friedman

  Art, War, Mean

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• When we speak of the origin of western democracy it's precisely here, in this territory that the modern definition of democracy first emerged in city/states known now as Greece. This was coming from a society in which 30 thousand citizens had rights and 300 thousand were slaves and citizens without rights that lived in this territory. So that was the concept of western democracy; some citizens had the prerogative of exerting their civil and political rights while the others had none.

  Alejandro Castro Espin

  Cities, Rights, Political

  "The Future of Cuba". Interview with Lasonas Pipinis Velasco, www.counterpunch.org. February 27, 2015.

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• It would not be desirable to include 'terrorism' among international crimes subject to International Criminal Court jurisdiction if defined to apply only to anti-state acts of violence. The failure to include terrorism as a distinct crime was due to the inability to agree upon its proper definition.

  Richard A. Falk

  Agree Upon, Violence, Inability

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• We do need to rethink privacy. I think we need to fall back on (former Supreme Court Justice) Felix Frankfurter's definition of privacy which is, "Privacy is the right to be left alone."

  Paul Saffo

  Fall, Thinking, Justice

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• One of the things that I've learned, and I think we've all learned, is that we are not going to get the kind of decisive, permanent victories in this fight against terrorism that we would get from fighting another country. We're not going to get that MacArthur/Emperor moment, because by definition, even after decimating Al Qaeda in the Fata, even after taking out [Osama] bin Laden there's still people there who have both the interest and the capacity if we don't maintain vigilance to strike against the United States.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Fighting, Thinking

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• When I learned that there was such a thing as an atheist, I looked it up - and found out that the definition fitted me to a tee. Finally, at the age of 24, I found out who and what I was. Better late than never.

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair

  Atheist, Age, Tees

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• Definitions belong to the definer, not the defined.

  Toni Morrison

  Defined

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There was no real gender definition in the sense of how you treat people in those days with gender differences. You avoided them. My parents always told me that you do not make fun of anybody, and so I didn't see anything funny about it.

  David C. Driskell

  Fun, Real, Differences

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his powerless subjects. That's different from prescribing a way in which a writer should write.

  Chinua Achebe

  Writing, Artist, Thinking

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• I think it's best if there's an amendment that goes on the ballot where the people can weigh in. Every time this issue has gone on the ballot, the people have voted to retain the traditional definition of marriage as recently as California in 2008.

  Michele Bachmann

  Thinking, California, Issues

  Interview with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. June 26, 2011.

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• I think you may see again a rise at the federal government level for a - a call for the federal constitutional amendment, because people want to make sure that this definition of marriage remains secure, because after all, the family is the fundamental unit of government.

  Michele Bachmann

  Thinking, Government, People

  "Rep. Michele Bachmann Talks Earmarks, Obamacare and Gay Marriage; Sen. Kyl on Debt Talks". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. June 26, 2011.

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• Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional.

  Donald Berwick

  Care, Wealth, Excellent

  "'Glenn Beck': Who Is Donald Berwick?". www.foxnews.com. July 09, 2010.

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• That is the true definition of sin; when knowing right you do the lower, ah, then you sin. Where there is no knowledge, sin is not present.

  Annie Besant

  Knowing, Sin

  ANNIE BESANT (1911). “THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE”

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• An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Humorous, Profound, Ego

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 86

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• Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny, Jealousy, Sarcastic

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 41

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• Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Life, Children, Two

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.34, University of Georgia Press

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• Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.

  Neal Boortz

  Voting, Freedom Of Speech, Needs

  Neal Boortz (1998). “The Terrible Truth About Liberals”, p.49, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

  John Buchan

  Men, Snob, Crave

  John Buchan (2016). “RICHARD HANNAY Complete Collection – 7 Mystery & Espionage Books in One Volume (Unabridged): The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast, The Three Hostages, The Island of Sheep, The Courts of the Morning & The Green Wildebeest”, p.1555, e-artnow

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• My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak.

  John le Carre

  Care, Firsts, Loser

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• Many men think they're playboys but they invariably land wide of the mark. Surrounding yourself with champagne, fast friends and paid escorts is the very definition of the word 'loser'.

  Graydon Carter

  Men, Thinking, Land

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

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• Television is democracy at its ugliest.

  Paddy Chayefsky

  Political, Style, Democracy

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

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• In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.

  Deepak Chopra

  Spirit, Consciousness, Tradition

  "You Are Not Your Brain: Interview With Alva Noe, Ph.D". www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2010.

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• I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition.

  Eric Clapton

  Thinking, People, Roles

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• Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.

  Hillary Clinton

  Self, Different, Diplomacy

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• Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Limits, Wells

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