The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

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The cynic says, ""One man can't do anything."" I say, ""Only one man can do anything.""

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Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

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One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

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We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

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It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.

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If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.

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Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents.

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When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.

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