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"When Hitler came for the Jews... I was not a Jew, therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then, Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church — and there was nobody left to be concerned." »Pastor Martin Niemoller, Congressional Record, October 14, 1968 (Vol. 114, p. 31636)
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"I am not concerned that you have fallen; I am concerned that you arise." »Abraham Lincoln
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"I don't know who my grandfather was I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be." »Abraham Lincoln
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"Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will." »John Kenneth Galbraith
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"Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived." »Machiavelli, The Prince
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"It is a mistake to suppose that God is only, or even chiefly, concerned with religion." »Archbishop William Temple, 1955
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"There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another which makes, and a third which imitates them." »Plato, The Republic
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"One should be more concerned about what his conscience whispers than about what other people shout." »Author Unknown
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"Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after." »Homer
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"There are three arts which are concerned with all things one which uses, another which makes, and a third which imitates them." »Plato
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"Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind." »Louis Pasteur, 1822-1895
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"Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody." »Agatha Christie
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"The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing." »Eric Berne
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"It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls." »Epicurus
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"As long as there are only 3 to 4 people on the floor, the country is in good hands. It's only when you have 50 to 60 in the Senate that you want to be concerned." »Robert Joseph Bob Dole
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"A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can say I've done is agitate the air ten or fifteen minutes and then boom -- it's gone." »Edward R. Murrow
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"What I'm concerned about is the people who don't dwell on the meaninglessness of their lives, or the meaningfulness of it-who just pursue mindless entertainment." »Michael K. Hooker
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"People who are tremendously concerned about their identification, their individuality, their self-expression, or their sense of humor, always seem to be missing the very things they pursue." »Walter Lippmann
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"You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I don't give a damn. to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on civilian casualties in Vietnam" »Richard Milhous Nixon
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"The great political tugs of the past 35 years have concerned the distribution of the golden eggs. In the 1980's and 1990's we must focus on the health of the goose." »Paul Tsongas
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"If I thought there was some reason to be concerned about them, I wouldn't be sleeping in this house tonight. (When asked about continued presence of Soviet nuclear submarines along US coastlines)" »Ronald Reagan
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"The New Testament makes it abundantly clear that whenever the Kingdom of God was concerned Jesus was absolutely uncompromising, even when he realized that for him personally the alternative to compromise was crucifixion." »Ernest Fremont Title
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"I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned." »Gerald R. Ford
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"I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear ... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived." »Rabbi Harold Kushner
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"A man of a right spirit is not a man of narrow and private views, but is greatly interested and concerned for the good of the community to which he belongs, and particularly of the city or village in which he resides, and for the true welfare of the society of which he is a member." »Johathan Edwards
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"If the objects who serve us feel ecstacy, they are much more often concerned with themselves than with us, and our own enjoyment is consequently impaired. The idea of seeing another person experience the same pleasure reduces one to a kind of equality which spoils the unutterable charms that come from despotism." »Marquis de Sade
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"All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field." »Albert Einstein
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"The creator is both detached and committed, free and yet ensnared, concerned but not too much so. If motivation is too strong the person is blinded if the objective situation is too tightly structured, the person sees none of its alternative possibilities." »Robert Macleod
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"I never have a realistic sense of self. I either think everything I do is terrible and I'm the worst guy on the planet, or from time to time I'll think I'm the greatest gift to music and the coolest guy who ever lived, but that happens maybe an hour out of the week. Some days I'm more concerned with how my hair looks than what my guitar sounds like." »Dave Navarro
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"There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem." »Harold Stephens
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