The X-Files

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Quotes from The X-Files

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"Courage is easily spent on the wrong battles."
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"Hope deferred is the basis of social stability."
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"Perseverance is admirable when it doesn't question authority."
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"Money is merely crystallized power."
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"Technology serves those who control its secrets."
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"Every cigarette is a small rebellion against the inevitable."
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"Justice is administered by the strong against the weak."
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"Philosophy without action is indulgence."
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"The most dangerous man is one with nothing left to lose and everything to prove."
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"War and peace are merely different expressions of the same goal."
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"Freedom is the freedom to do as you're told."
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"Education teaches compliance before it teaches truth."
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"Strength is not what you show, but what you conceal."
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"Change is acceptable only when it serves a greater purpose."
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"Time is the one thing we cannot manufacture or steal."
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"Leadership is the burden of those who understand the weight of secrets."
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"The machinery of state requires sacrifice, but not everyone can see the gears turning."
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"Those who seek truth often find only what they're meant to find."
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"Fear is the most reliable teacher."
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"Knowledge shared is power diminished."
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"A man's legacy is measured in how thoroughly he was erased."
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"The greatest victory is one the enemy never sees coming."
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"Wisdom is knowing that everyone has a price."
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"Control is not maintained through force, but through the illusion of choice."
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"The question is not whether you can trust me, but whether you can afford not to."
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"Inspiration is the opiate of the masses."
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"Relationships are negotiations between competing interests."
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"Solitude reveals truths that society conspires to hide."
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"Kindness is exploitation wearing a human face."
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"Health is maintained only through constant vigilance and sacrifice."
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