My grandfather died in the war, my family went through the war, and it affected my parents in really profound ways. I've… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
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Fire supposed he needed to be there in order to give rousing speeches and lead the charge into the fray, or whatever… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
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My father lived with me the last five years of his life and passed away of Alzheimer's, and at that point he… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
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Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
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Undreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to… — George W Bush Copy Share Image
Where wages command labor, as in the non-slaveholding States, there necessarily takes place between labor and capital a conflict, which leads, in… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
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Kennedy was significantly different than Eisenhower before him, and different from Johnson after him. So those three years were the beginning of… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
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And she looked at him and saw the grave tenderness in his eyes, and yet knew, for she was bred among men… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
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I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly… — Kenneth Koch Copy Share Image
During the Vietnam War, Abbie Hoffman announced that the new high was banana peels taken rectally. So then FBI scientists stuffed banana… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Felon disenfranchisement laws have been more effective in eliminating black voters in the age of mass incarceration than they were during Jim… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
...these are the problems of the modern U.S. combat soldier, the constant worry about overstepping the mark and an American media that… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
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