No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments … - John Locke

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People ask me why I work so hard and why I have this compassion to reach the top and be great. I respond by telling them, "I work insanely hard because people said I couldn't do it. " When someone tells me I can't do something, or that I'll never achieve my goals and visions, I am determined to prove them wrong.

John Locke

No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.

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