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Elizabeth II: I have to...

Elizabeth II: I have to...

I have to be seen to be believed.

Source: In The Wall Street Journal, 21 Apr...

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James I: A branch of...

James I: A branch of...

A branch of the sin of drunkenness, which is the root of all sins.

Source: A...

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Carl Stokes: There is nothing...

Carl Stokes: There is nothing...

There is nothing fundamentally wrong with America's cities that money can't cure.

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Carl Stokes: When you start...

Carl Stokes: When you start...

When you start dealing with real change you are talking about interferring with those who are in possession of...

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Leopold Senghor: The [priest] was...

Leopold Senghor: The [priest] was...

The [priest] was really my teacher, because I reacted against the things he told me.

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Mary Robinson: In a society...

Mary Robinson: In a society...

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power,...

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Mao Tse-Tung: To read too...

Mao Tse-Tung: To read too...

To read too many books is harmful.

Source: The New Yorker, 7 Mar 1977
-- Mao...

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Mao Tse-Tung: Swollen in head,...

Mao Tse-Tung: Swollen in head,...

Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.

Source: On...

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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: One's reputation is...

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: One's reputation is...

One's reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it...

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A J Balfour: Nothing matters very...

A J Balfour: Nothing matters very...

Nothing matters very much, and very few things matter at all.

Source: Attr.
-- A...

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Harold Nicolson: The Irish do...

Harold Nicolson: The Irish do...

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies...

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Millicent Fenwick: The curious fascination...

Millicent Fenwick: The curious fascination...

The curious fascination in this job [U.S. representative] is the illusion that either you are being useful or you...

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Dag Hammarskjold: Never look down...

Dag Hammarskjold: Never look down...

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon...

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Catherine the Great: For to tempt...

Catherine the Great: For to tempt...

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied . . . whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter,...

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Henry Lewis Stimson: Gentlemen do not...

Henry Lewis Stimson: Gentlemen do not...

Gentlemen do not read each other's mail.

Source: Reason given for closing the Dept...

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John Foster Dulles: A man's accomplishments...

John Foster Dulles: A man's accomplishments...

A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.

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Thomas More: . . ....

Thomas More: . . ....

. . . the state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might...

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Thomas More: Yea, marry, now...

Thomas More: Yea, marry, now...

Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor...

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Marcus Cato: I can pardon...

Marcus Cato: I can pardon...

I can pardon everyone's mistakes but my own.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Edmund Burke: History is a...

Edmund Burke: History is a...

History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.

Source: In The...

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