The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to … - Sydney J. Harris

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But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition, to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Everything else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution.

Sydney J. Harris

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.

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The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.

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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

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History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.

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There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U. S. congressmen.

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Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

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