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Queen Victoria: A strange, horrible...

Queen Victoria: A strange, horrible...

A strange, horrible business, but I suppose good enough for Shakespeare's day.

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Elizabeth II: It's all to...

Elizabeth II: It's all to...

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

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Daniel Moynihan: At 14 you...

Daniel Moynihan: At 14 you...

At 14 you are still in most respects a dependent youth, in some respects a child. At 24 you are an adult. In between,...

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Harry S Truman: Once a decision...

Harry S Truman: Once a decision...

Once a decision was made I did not worry about it afterward.

Source: In My Favorite...

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Richard Nixon: Let us begin...

Richard Nixon: Let us begin...

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth --to see it like it is, and tell it like it is --to find the truth,...

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Georges Pompidou: There are three...

Georges Pompidou: There are three...

There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Brevity is the...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Brevity is the...

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

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John Buchan: We can pay...

John Buchan: We can pay...

We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

Source:...

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Claude Pepper: One has the...

Claude Pepper: One has the...

One has the right to be wrong in a democracy.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Abba Eban: History teaches us...

Abba Eban: History teaches us...

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other...

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Boris Yeltsin: You can build...

Boris Yeltsin: You can build...

You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

Source: In...

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Newt Gingrich: If Thomas Edison...

Newt Gingrich: If Thomas Edison...

If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as candle making industry...

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Barack Obama: The thing about...

Barack Obama: The thing about...

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very...

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Ann Richards: [Our understanding is]...

Ann Richards: [Our understanding is]...

[Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive.

Source: Female vs....

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Benito Mussolini: The Liberal State...

Benito Mussolini: The Liberal State...

The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no...

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Hermann Goering: Naturally the common...

Hermann Goering: Naturally the common...

Naturally the common people don't want war. . . but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine policy,...

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Alfred E Smith: Be simple in...

Alfred E Smith: Be simple in...

Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him...

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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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Dwight Whitney Morrow: Good government is...

Dwight Whitney Morrow: Good government is...

Good government is not a substitute for self-government.

Source: In Webster's...

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Ralph Bunche: If you want...

Ralph Bunche: If you want...

If you want to get an idea across, wrap it up in a person.

Source: In Great...

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