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Queen Victoria: An ugly baby...

Queen Victoria: An ugly baby...

An ugly baby is a very nasty object, and the prettiest is frightful when undressed.

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Queen Victoria: The Queen is...

Queen Victoria: The Queen is...

The Queen is most anxious to enlist every one who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of...

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Elizabeth II: Like all the...

Elizabeth II: Like all the...

Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family...

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Louis XIV: First feelings are...

Louis XIV: First feelings are...

First feelings are always the most natural.

Source: Repeated by Mme de...

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Christina of Sweden: We grow old...

Christina of Sweden: We grow old...

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

Source: Maxims, 1660-1680, in...

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George McGovern: The longer the...

George McGovern: The longer the...

The longer the title, the less important the job.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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George McGovern: You know, sometimes,...

George McGovern: You know, sometimes,...

You know, sometimes, when they say you are ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad...

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George McGovern: The whole campaign...

George McGovern: The whole campaign...

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

Source: On his...

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Anthony Eden: That is a...

Anthony Eden: That is a...

That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.

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William Proxmire: Move over, $7,000...

William Proxmire: Move over, $7,000...

Move over, $7,000 coffeepots! Stand aside, $400 hammers! We now have the $792 doormat!

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William Seward: No man will...

William Seward: No man will...

No man will ever be president of the United States who spells Negro with two g's.

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Shirley Chisholm: At present, our...

Shirley Chisholm: At present, our...

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere...

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Henry Lewis Stimson: Honor begets honor;...

Henry Lewis Stimson: Honor begets honor;...

Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith, and hope is the mainspring of...

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J Edgar Hoover: Just the minute...

J Edgar Hoover: Just the minute...

Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a...

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Jerry Brown: The reason that...

Jerry Brown: The reason that...

The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.

Source:...

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Jerry Brown: The volume of...

Jerry Brown: The volume of...

The volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Source: In 1,911 Best...

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Mary Frances Berry: If Rosa Parks...

Mary Frances Berry: If Rosa Parks...

If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be...

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Jill Ruckelshaus: We are in...

Jill Ruckelshaus: We are in...

We are in for a very, very long haul. . . . I am asking for everything you have to give. We will never give up. ....

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Ramsey Clark: If Rosa Parks...

Ramsey Clark: If Rosa Parks...

If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr Martin Luther...

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Ramsey Clark: A right is...

Ramsey Clark: A right is...

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

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