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I'm just a kid, Chiron," I said miserably. "What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos?" Chiron managed a smile.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust… — Adnan Pachachi Copy Share Image
We made 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' about the war of independence and the civil war, which were the pivotal moments… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
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The next time we met was at Appomattox, and the first thing that General Grant said to me when we stepped inside,… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
Jackson possessed the brutality essential in war; Lee did not. He could clasp the hand of a wounded enemy, whilst Jackson ground… — J. F. C. Fuller Copy Share Image
For Beirut it was the civil war, and the dividing of the city - which is something that is shared among Beirut,… — Tamer El Said Copy Share Image
... women of the North, I ask you to rise up with earnest, honest purpose, and go forward in the way of… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
There was as big a reaction after the revelations about Assad's chemical weapons. Nevertheless, that photograph did strike a singular chord. Which… — Stuart Franklin Copy Share Image
Libya faces along to the Mediterranean and had been effectively the cork in the bottle of Africa. So all problems, economic problems… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
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It [the Civil War] was a heroic struggle; and, as is inevitable with all such struggles, it had also a dark and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We simply argue that climate change consequences was one of the impacts, but interestingly enough, even though a major effort was made… — Chris Barrie Copy Share Image
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Trump himself has not laid out a clear agenda on the national security issues that are the most pressing for the United… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
I have broken all ties that bind me to the (U.S.) Army, not suddenly, impulsively, but conscientiously and after due deliberation. I… — Edmund Kirby Smith Copy Share Image
“Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
“Add the shortage of blankets, warm clothing, and vegetables, and the result was likely to be more suffering and more death than… — George Levy Copy Share Image
I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not… — Sullivan Ballou Copy Share Image
There were three causes that accounted for the proclamation of martial law in Poland. First it was the progressing economic ruin of… — Wojciech Jaruzelski Copy Share Image
“A Georgia volunteer, afterward a colonel in the Confederate service, said: “I fought through the civil war and have seen men shot… — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Copy Share Image
You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be a civil… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
I think an appeal to arms and to brute force is unbecoming the age in which we live. Would to God that… — Robert Anderson Copy Share Image
One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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Pickett excused himself, watchful of Longstreet. Pickett was always saying something to irritate somebody, and he rarely knew why, so his method… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“By the end of the war, the Civil War had become a forerunner to the trench warfare of World War I, and… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
Economist and Africa expert Collier analyzes why a group of 50 nations, home to the poorest one billion people, are failing. Considering… — Amy Lockwood Copy Share Image
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Some of the greatest spiritual revivals in the past occurred just when the situation seemed to be the darkest. In the history… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
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While they trace their history back to wars that helped to ethnically cleanse Native Americans and to their exploits in the Civil… — Brendan Sexton III Copy Share Image
Women, who enjoyed a high social status and levels of education under Saddam, saw terrible setbacks as Iraq fell into civil war.… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
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