Nations should pass laws to preserve any remaining wilderness areas in their natural state, even if these areas could be developed for economic gain.
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The most effective way to understand contemporary culture is to analyze the trends of its youth.
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In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements within that field.
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In any profession—business, politics, education, government-those in power should step down after five years.
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To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.
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The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general well-being of all its people.
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The increasingly rapid pace of life today causes more problems than it solves.
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Claim: In any field-business, politics, education, government-those in power should step down after five years.
Reason: The surest path to success for any enterprise is revitalization through new leadership.
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Critical judgment of work in any given field has little value unless it comes from someone who is an expert in that field.
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Some people believe that universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study. Others believe that universities should not force students to take any courses other than those that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields.
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Some people argue that successful leaders in government, industry, or other fields must be highly competitive. Other people claim that in order to be successful, a leader must be willing and able to cooperate with others.
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Educational institutions should actively encourage their students to choose fields of study in which jobs are plentiful.
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No field of study can advance significantly unless it incorporates knowledge and experience from outside that field.
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Educators should teach facts only after their students have studied the ideas, trends, and concepts that help explain those facts.
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Unfortunately, in contemporary society, creating an appealing image has become more important than the reality or truth behind that image.
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Claim: The best way to understand the character of a society is to examine the character of the men and women that the society chooses as its heroes or its role models.
Reason: Heroes and role models reveal a society's highest ideals.
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Claim: Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive.
Reason: It is primarily in cities that a nation's cultural traditions are preserved and generated.
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It is no longer possible for a society to regard any living man or woman as a hero.
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Claim: The surest indicator of a great nation must be the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists.
Reason: Great achievements by a nation's rulers, artists, or scientists will ensure a good life for the majority of that nation's people.
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Nations should pass laws to preserve any remaining wilderness areas in their natural state.
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Governments should offer a free university education to any student who has been admitted to a university but who cannot afford the tuition.
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Claim: Researchers should not limit their investigations to only those areas in which they expect to discover something that has an immediate, practical application.
Reason: It is impossible to predict the outcome of a line of research with any certainty.
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Educators should base their assessment of students' learning not on students' grasp of facts but on the ability to explain the ideas, trends, and concepts that those facts illustrate.
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People's attitudes are determined more by their immediate situation or surroundings than by society as a whole.
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Government officials should rely on their own judgment rather than unquestioningly carry out the will of the people they serve.
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