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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters…
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I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus…
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that…
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and…
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Writers the most learned, the most accurate in details, and the soundest in tendency, frequently fall into a habit which can neither…
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Imagine a history teacher making history,
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Take a stand for what's right. Raise a ruckus and make a change. You may not always be popular, but you'll be…
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Exceptional thinkers ignore their critics and go about their business making history.
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There is nothing new in Egypt. Egyptians are making history as usual.
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Madam, you're making history, in fact, you're making me, and I wish you'd keep my hands to yourself
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I'm headed towards greatness. I think I'm making history in hip-hop.
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As we struggle to overcome our troubles, we are making history and fulling our destiny. Keep pressing!
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