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That's all the difficulty and the challenge and the battle: to look through this mechanical thing, these bits of glass and metal,… — Eva Rubinstein Copy Share Image
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I think things that contribute to the destruction of our free-incentive system are wrong. A trend against that free-incentive system is wrong,… — George M. Humphrey Copy Share Image
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The current generation of world leaders -- our generation -- is also being called to face significant challenges concerning peace, collective security… — Dilma Rousseff Copy Share Image
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In World War II, the book you have in front of you, it was said and it is probably true, that there… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
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American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
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It is convenient for Hillary Clinton and Tony Blair to say the rise of the Islamic State has nothing to do with… — Vijay Prashad Copy Share Image
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... painting a picture is like fighting a battle; and trying to paint a picture is, I suppose, like trying to fight… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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We had a large common domain, already added by the several States for the common benefit of all; purchase and war might… — Robert Toombs Copy Share Image
And here we come to the vital distinction between the advocacy of temperance and the advocacy of prohibition. Temperance and self-control are… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
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On behalf of the federal government, I wish now publicly to appeal to the provinces to lend their co-operation in furthering our… — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
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