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We're dealing with such enormous problems today that we have no other choice but to work together. If Iraq fails, if a… — Zalmay Khalilzad Copy Share Image
There is a need in every generation to study the past, to absorb its spirit, to preserve its messages...it's a collaboration of… — Christopher Tunnard Copy Share Image
The Christians seized all the maize the locals of Nicaragua had grown for themselves and their own families and, as a consequence,… — Bartolome de las Casas Copy Share Image
This is a very fashionable charge to bring against a company. This is one of the consequences, in this country, of being… — James Hunt Copy Share Image
The brain is a stubborn organ. Once its primary set of beliefs has been established, the brain finds it difficult to integrate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
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I think that what we have heard from the Remain campaign throughout this whole referendum have been dire warnings of the terrible… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
In the twelfth century the Basque fishermen of Biarritz used to hunt whales with deadly efficiency. When the whales sensibly moved away,… — Clive James Copy Share Image
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That discipline which corrects the eagerness of worldly passions, which fortifies the heart with virtuous principles, which enlightens the mind with useful… — Robert Blair Copy Share Image
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consumption can be very harmful to the world. I'm not a big proponent of the idea that consumption makes you morally bad,… — Judith Levine Copy Share Image
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Greece and the Greek people have recently had to deal with the harshest consequences of the global and European economic crisis. As… — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
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