Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself.
Albert Camus
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MAX BAUCUS China has not only become a world major export country, but also an important import market ever sin... HU ANGANG The reform program is not about the next few years, but being able to maintain our society for the n... LUTZ ERBRING It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consult... JOHN HUTTON Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know. ALBERT CAMUS Man is everywhere in chains, and his chains will not be broken till he feels that it is degrading to... G.D.H. COLE It will be possible to form a stable constellation that will keep Germany on its reform path for fou... ANGELA MERKEL See the world for what it is. BEAUTIFUL! ANTHONY T. HINCKS I am not shy. I am for an open society. I am for a progressive world. I do not propose to reform Fra... EMMANUEL MACRON It is unlikely that reform-minded politicians will have a lot to say in the new government. 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WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON Always Be Ready For Anything that Comes: Bananas, Chips, College, an Opportunity, so when it does yo... DANIEL OJEDA Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite gre... WILLIAM HAGUE If you have a question, ask. How do you ask? Say it or write it SOTONYE ANGA There is a vast quantity of religion current in the world which is not true, genuine Christianity. I... J. C. RYLE The world of an animal is reduced to its perimeter. Human world is reduced to its perimeter, but doe... SORIN CERIN It is not worthwhile to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always m... MARK TWAIN Intervention can be effective in the short term, but it doesn't do much to arrest the bigger issues.... BOB LYNCH I'm not an Emontional, but how??? 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