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I am very wary of those individuals who are neither writers nor editors nor even, in some cases, readers, who feel that they have the right to apply their own moral criteria to the books in public and school libraries. I have enormous respect and admiration and love for the librarians who are rising up to protest this, because they are putting their very jobs on the line.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

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L'Engle, Madeleine - Speech (1983-11-16), "Dare To Be Creative," Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC | WIST Quotations

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A quotation from Hannah Arendt

The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Life of the Mind, Vol. 1 “Thinking,” Part 3, ch. 18 “The two-in-one” (1977)

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A quotation from Mark Twain

[S]he brought some of those apples. I was obliged to eat them, I was so hungry. It was against my principles, but I find that principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1893), “Extracts from Adam’s Diary,” The Niagara Book

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Twain, Mark - Story (1893), "Extracts from Adam's Diary," The Niagara Book | WIST Quotations

[S]he brought some of those apples. I was obliged to eat them, I was so hungry. It was against my principles, but I find that principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. This was first published as one of the stories and sketches from various authors in…

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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

Perhaps that’s what we all had to do — think out for ourselves what we could believe and how we could live by it. And so I came to the conclusion that you had to use this life to develop the very best that you could develop.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Essay (1951-12), “This I Believe: Growth that Starts from Thinking,” on Edward R. Murrow, This I Believe, CBS Radio

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Roosevelt, Eleanor - Essay (1951-12), "This I Believe: Growth that Starts from Thinking," on Edward R. Murrow, This I Believe, CBS Radio | WIST Quotations

Perhaps that’s what we all had to do -- think out for ourselves what we could believe and how we could live by it. And so I came to the conclusion that you had to use this life to develop the very best that you could develop. (Source (Audio); start…

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Danish Akhtar Jul 27, 2025

Many people that I know personally have unfollowed me on Instagram while I was still following them. To me, this is Betrayal. If you unfollow someone on any social media, then make sure that you also remove that person from your followers list.

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Steve Dustcircle 🌹Apr 23, 2025

#ClaudeAI has a #moralcode of its own, which is #goodnews for humanity

https://bgr.com/tech/claude-ai-has-a-moral-code-of-its-own-which-is-good-news-for-humanity/

Claude AI has a moral code of its own, which is good news for humanity

Anthropic examined 700,000 conversations with Claude and found that AI has a good moral code, which is good news for humanity.

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Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters Nov 8, 2020

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The #MerchantBanks and #CentralBanks corrupt everything they touch. And they touch alot of stuff.

#FredericBastiat: "When #plunder becomes a way of life for a #groupOfMen in a #society, they create for themselves a #legalCode that authorises it, and a #moralCode that glorifies it." One cannot underestimate this. The #overdevelopment and #gentrification that has gutted #communities over the past century was funded by #bankers, including the…(1/3)
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