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I have never accepted what many people have kindly said - namely that I inspired the nation. Their will was resolute and remorseless, and as… — Winston Churchill
Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed. — Dean Acheson
Basically we could not have peace, or an atmosphere in which peace could grow, unless we recognized the rights of individual human beings... their importance,… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The happiest, sweetest, tenderest homes are not those where there has been no sorrow, but those which have been overshadowed with grief, and where Christ's… — J.R. Miller
Comrades ! You have voluntarily accepted a mission that is the noblest that the human mind can conceive of. For the fulfillment of such a… — Subhas Chandra Bose
It would be easier for the Devil to go to church and cross himself with holy water than for these people to comprehend the ideas… — Adolf Hitler
I ought to have seized the initiative in 1938 instead of allowing myself to be forced into war in 1939; for war was, in any… — Adolf Hitler
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination… — Charles Horton Cooley
It must be a peace without victory...Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor's terms imposed upon the vanquished. It would be accepted… — Woodrow Wilson
It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the generally accepted theory of romantic… — Leo Buscaglia
When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain. — Dale Carnegie
Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an intention. A drink is felt… — Roland Barthes
No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. — Napoleon Hill
Whoever gives advice to a sick person acquires a feeling of superiority over him, whether the advice be accepted or rejected. — Friedrich Nietzsche
We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it… — Abraham Lincoln
... The decrees of the Sovereign Ordainer, as related to fate and predestination, are of two kinds. Both are to be obeyed and accepted. The… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
IT is reported of Margaret Fuller that she said she accepted the universe. "Gad, she'd better!" retorted Carlyle. Carlyle himself did not accept the universe… — John Burroughs
Do you know how I feel about that? I'm sure this is no big surprise... what a mistake. I should never have voted for that,… — Harry Reid
It's a strange sort of attack, to be sure: a wonderfully pacific attack, a supportive attack, an attack without the slightest intention or capacity to… — Hendrik Hertzberg
Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called. — Bill Shuster

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