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Henry Brooks Adams: Politics, whatever its...

Henry Brooks Adams: Politics, whatever its...

Politics, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of...

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Henry Brooks Adams: A friend in...

Henry Brooks Adams: A friend in...

A friend in power is a friend lost.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams.
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Nathan Huggins: Who one was,...

Nathan Huggins: Who one was,...

Who one was, where one came from, what one was expected to be, the height of courage and character that were to be...

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Thomas Fuller: Get the facts,...

Thomas Fuller: Get the facts,...

Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get 'em, get 'em right, or they will get you...

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Alexis de Tocqueville: In a revolution,...

Alexis de Tocqueville: In a revolution,...

In a revolution, as in a novel. the most difficult part to invent is the end.

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Gail Pursell Elliott: We create our...

Gail Pursell Elliott: We create our...

We create our own destiny with our choices and decisions. We can base these decisions upon the awareness of our inner...

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Harry A Blackmun: We're all eccentrics....

Harry A Blackmun: We're all eccentrics....

We're all eccentrics. We're nine prima donnas.

Source: In Time, 6 Feb 1984.
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William O Douglas: At the constitutional...

William O Douglas: At the constitutional...

At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies...

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William O Douglas: The association promotes...

William O Douglas: The association promotes...

The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty,...

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Amos Bronson Alcott: The true teacher...

Amos Bronson Alcott: The true teacher...

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their...

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Marita Bonner: The one real...

Marita Bonner: The one real...

The one real thing that money buys -- Time.

Source: On Being Young -- A Woman --...

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Mary Ritter Beard: While it is...

Mary Ritter Beard: While it is...

While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems...

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Benjamin L Hooks: Black men who...

Benjamin L Hooks: Black men who...

Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious cycle of...

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Van Wyck Brooks: The American mind,...

Van Wyck Brooks: The American mind,...

The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me, . . . by...

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Patricia Meyer Spacks: The clich? that...

Patricia Meyer Spacks: The clich? that...

The clich? that women, more consistently than men, turn inward for sustenance seems to mean, in practice, that women...

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Ariel Durant: The conservative who...

Ariel Durant: The conservative who...

The conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it.

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Sholom Aleichem: The rich swell...

Sholom Aleichem: The rich swell...

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Margot Asquith: To marry a...

Margot Asquith: To marry a...

To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has never had...

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Charles Dickens: We cannot have...

Charles Dickens: We cannot have...

We cannot have single gentlemen to come into this establishment and sleep like double gentlemen without paying extra...

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Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.

Source: Decline and...

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