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From a philosophical perspective, I want to fight off isolationism and protectionism, be it part of another voice out there that says, wait a minute, what matters to women in Afghanistan matters to America. An isolationist point of view says it doesn't matter. The articulation of "all life matters" helps frame the case that it does matter what happens to a woman in Afghanistan.

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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

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That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless

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Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 153

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Who is it that can tell me who I am?

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The Greeks, with their truly healthy culture, have once and for all justified philosophy simply by having engaged in it, and having engaged in it more fully than any other people.

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By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement. Indeed, phenomena have there occurred of a nature so completely unexpected--so entirely novel--so utterly at variance with preconceived opinions--as to leave no doubt on my mind that long ere this all Europe is in an uproar, all physics in a ferment, all reason and astronomy together by the ears.

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Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.

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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

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The secret to humor is surprise.

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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

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What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

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Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.

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Is the ground a philosophical concept? Has mind a relationship to the ground? Is it an idea to be investigated? Is the ground put together by thought?

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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

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I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

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And right action is freedom From past and future also.

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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

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Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile

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