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"Art must not serve might."

Art,

"My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not people. They are mechanically more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they have no soul."

Soul, People, Glory

"Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England."

Dignity, Englfreedom, Ideals, Inheritance

"There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance."

People, Abundance, World

"Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease."

Work, Men, Women, Machines

"Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do."

Life, Soul, Instinct, Nothing

"You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices."

Government, End, First, Revolution

"One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction."

People, Principles, Satisfaction

"Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees."

Existentialism, Indifference, Order

"I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is forbidden, by simply locking you up."

Justice, Forbidden, Theft, Wrong

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"Grown men do not need leaders."

Edward Abbey, American Author

Man, Men, Leaders

"The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest."

Lyman Abbott, American Author

Man, Reason, Rest

"You may be assured that we won't ever let your words die. Like the words of our Master, Jesus Christ, they will live in our minds and our hearts and in the souls of black men and white men, brown men and yellow men as long as time shall last."

Ralph Abernathy, American Activist

Man, Men, Time, Christ, May

"It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot."

Edmond About, French Novelist

Man, Men, Country, Information, Opinions

"The greatest men, you can quote for everything."

John Acton, English Historian

Man, Men

"But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men."

Kathy Acker, American Activist

Man, Men

"No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit."

Ansel Adams, American Photographer

Man, Men, Confidence, Emotions

"There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men."

Lord Acton, British Historian

Man, Men, Error

"The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less."

Franklin P. Adams, American Journalist

Man, Men, Women, Rights, Nothing

"Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit."

Ansel Adams, American Photographer

Man, Men, Creation, Fight, Force