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to permit

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There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings. Friedrich Nietzsche

To permit surveillance to take root on the Internet would mean subjecting virtually all forms of human interaction, planning, and even thought itself to comprehensive state examination. Glenn Greenwald

Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs. Anton Chekhov

There is no human law or law of God or national law that states that any healthy being has to permit the snake to eat the mouse - but on the other hand, it is perfectly justified to defend the mouse. Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist. George C. Marshall

With all the efforts made by modern society to nurture and educate the young, how stupid it is to permit the mothers of young children to spend themselves in the coarser work of the world! Jane Addams

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