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Jimmy Carter: It's not necessary...

Jimmy Carter: It's not necessary...

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

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James Monroe: Preparation for war...

James Monroe: Preparation for war...

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

Source: On...

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Charles James Fox: Kings govern by...

Charles James Fox: Kings govern by...

Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.

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Antonio Gramsci: The challenge of...

Antonio Gramsci: The challenge of...

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming...

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Frederick the Great: It seems to...

Frederick the Great: It seems to...

It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering...

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James Callaghan: Either back us...

James Callaghan: Either back us...

Either back us or sack us.

Source: Speech, Labour Party Conference, Brighton, 5 Oct...

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Michelle Obama: For me, becoming...

Michelle Obama: For me, becoming...

For me, becoming isn't about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a...

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Michelle Obama: One of the...

Michelle Obama: One of the...

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says...

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Dean Acheson: It is worse...

Dean Acheson: It is worse...

It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.

Source: Describing the Vietnam war;...

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Dean Acheson: The most important...

Dean Acheson: The most important...

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both...

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Dean Acheson: Negotiating in the...

Dean Acheson: Negotiating in the...

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to...

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Arthur Wellesley: To define it...

Arthur Wellesley: To define it...

To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can...

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Bliss Carman: Lord of the...

Bliss Carman: Lord of the...

Lord of the far horizons,
Give us the eyes to see
Over the verge of the sundown
The beauty that is to...

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Nelson Mandela: Only free men...

Nelson Mandela: Only free men...

Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.

Source:...

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James A Garfield: I am trying...

James A Garfield: I am trying...

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small...

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John F Kennedy: Too often we....

John F Kennedy: Too often we....

Too often we. . . enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

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Charles DeGaulle: A man of...

Charles DeGaulle: A man of...

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty...

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Princess of Wales Diana: Everywhere I go...

Princess of Wales Diana: Everywhere I go...

Everywhere I go I smell fresh paint.

Source: Quoted in: Daily Telegraph (London,...

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Stanislaus I: To make good...

Stanislaus I: To make good...

To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of...

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Christina of Sweden: As you know,...

Christina of Sweden: As you know,...

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to...

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