Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries. ― Mary Shelley

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The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. -James Buchanan

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I like the noise of democracy. - James Buchanan

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What is right and what is practicable are two different things. -James Buchanan

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The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men. - James Buchanan

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The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas. - Albert Einstein

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Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

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What is right and what is practicable are two different things. - James Buchanan

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The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men. -James Buchanan

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The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. - James Buchanan

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