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Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse. No more can… — Desmond Tutu
Return to Shaoshan I regret the passing, the dying, of the vague dream: my native orchards thirty-two years ago. Yet red banners roused the serfs,… — Mao Zedong
Inventions reached their limit long ago, and I see no hope for further development. — Frontinus
When I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial reports a decade… — Edgar Mitchell
Extreme weather like the droughts in Russia, China and Brazil and the flooding in Pakistan and Australia [in 2010] have contributed to a level of… — John Beddington
Capitalism is essentially a system of mass production for the satisfaction of the needs of the masses. It pours a horn of plenty upon the… — Ludwig von Mises
A short time ago the demagogues blamed capitalism for the poverty of the masses. Today they rather blame capitalism for the "affluence" that it bestows… — Ludwig von Mises
It is, let me say, at the very least by no means self-evident that there is more liberty, equality, and fraternity in the world today… — Immanuel Wallerstein
We are here speaking in open disapproval of that false system of philosophy, not so long ago introduced, by which, because of an extended and… — Pope Gregory XVI
A long time ago, there were lovers that lived on the opposite ends of a river. They promised to meet when the camellia flowers bloomed.… — John the Apostle
Discovery peaked 30 years ago. It takes no feat of the imagination. It takes no feat of intellect to conclude we now face the corresponding… — Gordon Campbell
If riding were all blue ribbons and bright lights, I would have quit long ago. — George H. Morris
Still we live meanly like ants, though the fable tells us we were long ago changed into men. — Henry David Thoreau
In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by other individuals or… — Albert Einstein
Fellow Americans, our duty is before us tonight. Let us go forward, determined to serve selflessly a vision of man with God, government for people,… — Ronald Reagan
War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business.… — Albert Einstein
If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach. — Larry Page
If it were possible to transfer the methods of physical or of biological science directly to the study of man, the transfer would long ago… — Unknown Author
Not so many years ago there was no simpler or more intelligible notion than that of going on a journey. Travel -movement through space -provided… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Thirty years ago, about 80% of a company's assets resided in its plant and equipment, with 20% in the knowledge of its people. Today, the… — Susan Rice
A generation ago, the image was that you had to trample everyone else down to succeed; but I don't believe that makes good business sense — Richard Branson
Fifteen years ago, if you said business will help save the environment people would have laughed at you. Today, I believe this is a serious… — Tony Blair
Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it.… — John F. Kennedy
Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that the retreat to… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
We in this country, in this generation, areby destiny rather than choicethe watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may… — John F. Kennedy

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