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An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its… — Annie Besant
Strange indeed would it be if all the space around us be empty, mere waste void, and the inhabitants of Earth the only forms in… — Annie Besant
The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised… — Annie Besant
I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in… — Aneurin Bevan
There are a lot of people out there who lie about their age and I think it does us all a disservice. It can't all… — Sophie Ellis Bextor
Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty depressed right now because the… — Jeff Bezos
The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom… — Vinoba Bhave
I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert… — Benazir Bhutto
Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s. — Jello Biafra
So basically the understanding on these so-called reissues is that they were done behind my back, without my permission, and the band informed me that… — Jello Biafra
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes… — Ambrose Bierce
I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them. — Buffalo Bill
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. — Theodor Adorno
I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put me in a… — Joe Biden
It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden would make a great United States Senator - just as I believe… — Joe Biden
I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking… — Justin Bieber
Cheryl Cole and Katy Perry are two of the hottest girls in the world - and so normal and funny with it. If I was… — Justin Bieber
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would… — Ambrose Bierce
An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences. — Theodor Adorno
Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. — Ambrose Bierce
Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue. — Ambrose Bierce
Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud… — Ambrose Bierce
No one ever said that fighting the war against terrorism and defending our homeland would be easy. So let's support our troops, law enforcement workers,… — Judy Biggert
Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat and melt snow in my mouth for water. — Buffalo Bill
My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long. — Buffalo Bill

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