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General de Gaulle was a thoroughly bad boy. The day he arrived, he thought he was Joan of Arc and the following day he… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“he beheld the grand figure of the people emerge from the Revolution, and the grand figure of France spring forth from the Empire. He… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“In the darkest region of the political field the condemned man represents the symmetrical, inverted figure of the king.” — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“With just the ‘Carmagnole’ to sing he will only overthrow Louis XVI; but give him the ‘Marseillaise’ and he will liberate the world. ” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“They breathe the spirit of benevolence for which Toscanelli was noted, and indicate the greatness of the man—a greatness decidedly in contrast to the… — Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) Ober Copy Share Image
“He liked the English and their peculiarities. He liked their stoicism under pressure; on the wall in his factory he kept a copy of… — Natasha Solomons Copy Share Image
“Is it true that in Petersburg you belonged to some secret society of bestial sensualists? Is it true that you could give lessons to… — Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“A long moment of debate. I looked at Zagaev’s amulet, Alexander II with his impressive mustache. Though arguably the most liberal of the tsars,… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
“To the Jacobins of this epoch [the French Revolution], as well as to those of our times, this popular entity constitutes a superior personality… — Gustave Le Bon Copy Share Image
“A thousand thanks, my master!' John Baptist said in his own language, and with the quick conciliatory manner of his own countrymen. Monsieur Rigaud… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“There was a happy irony in the first cousin of the autocratic Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II (with whom George bore a… — Paul Ham Copy Share Image
Schools have never been about getting access to information. That's the job of libraries. Schools and universities have nobler missions as gentle gatekeepers. Their… — Andrew Nikiforuk Copy Share Image
Probably no single event highlights the strength of Campbell's argument (on peak oil) better than the rapid development of the Alberta tar sands. Bitumen,… — Andrew Nikiforuk Copy Share Image
