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The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of… — John Berger
As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic which allows people, as distinct… — John Berger
I planted my self in the middle of a great many Glasses full of Dew, tied fast about me, upon which the Sun so violently… — Cyrano de Bergerac
The uplands of my home country in north central Kentucky are sloping and easily eroded, dependent for safekeeping upon year-round cover of perennial plants. — Wendell Berry
Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by… — Annie Besant
We learn much during our sleep, and the knowledge thus gained slowly filters into the physical brain, and is occasionally impressed upon it as a… — Annie Besant
The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit. — Benazir Bhutto
Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon. — Ambrose Bierce
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. — Ambrose Bierce
The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy. — Buffalo Bill
Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. — Ambrose Bierce
Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. — Ambrose Bierce
Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness. — Ambrose Bierce
My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa. — Buffalo Bill
My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another. — Buffalo Bill
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own… — Aeschylus
My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a… — Aeschylus
Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself. — William J. H. Boetcker
The law is not a 'light' for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law… — Robert Bolt
History is a set of lies agreed upon. — Napoleon Bonaparte
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. — Napoleon Bonaparte
A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view. — Napoleon Bonaparte
What is history but a fable agreed upon? — Napoleon Bonaparte
Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them. — David Bowie
In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of… — Daniel Boone

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