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Dean Acheson: I will undoubtedly...

Dean Acheson: I will undoubtedly...

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe...

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Winston Churchill: Men will forgive...

Winston Churchill: Men will forgive...

Men will forgive a man anything except bad prose.

Source: Election speech,...

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Winston Churchill: If you have...

Winston Churchill: If you have...

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it.

Source: In The...

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Winston Churchill: It is more...

Winston Churchill: It is more...

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

Source: In The...

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Winston Churchill: One does not...

Winston Churchill: One does not...

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

Source: Responding to...

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Winston Churchill: I have not...

Winston Churchill: I have not...

I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British...

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Winston Churchill: Before Alamein we...

Winston Churchill: Before Alamein we...

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

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George Washington: Few men have...

George Washington: Few men have...

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Source: Letter, 17 Aug 1779,...

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George Washington: If to be...

George Washington: If to be...

If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved...

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John Adams: The essance of...

John Adams: The essance of...

The essance of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

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Andrew Jackson: Every good citizen...

Andrew Jackson: Every good citizen...

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is...

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Abraham Lincoln: But in a...

Abraham Lincoln: But in a...

But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living...

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Abraham Lincoln: Any people anywhere...

Abraham Lincoln: Any people anywhere...

Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing...

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Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that...

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Honore de Balzac: If we could...

Honore de Balzac: If we could...

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

Source: In The...

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Honore de Balzac: To kill a...

Honore de Balzac: To kill a...

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine...

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Henry David Thoreau: I do not...

Henry David Thoreau: I do not...

I do not know how to distinguish between our waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we...

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Henry David Thoreau: Politics is the...

Henry David Thoreau: Politics is the...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Henry David Thoreau: We need only...

Henry David Thoreau: We need only...

We need only travel enough to give our intellects an airing.

Source: In The...

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G K Chesterton: Youth is the...

G K Chesterton: Youth is the...

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of...

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