"The United States abd usually be reiled on to do the right thing, but only after they have tried all the other alternatives."
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"We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible. Our qualities and deeds must burn and glow through the gloom oEurope until they become the veritable beacon oits salvation."
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"We are all worms. However, I like to think I'm a glow worm"
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"It is of no account; after all, the old bird does not fly far from his nest."
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"The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age."
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"The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope."
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"Men and kings must be judged in the testing moments of their lives. Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because, as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others."
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"We proceeded systematically, village by village and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the shady trees, burned the crops and broke the reservoirs in punitive devastation."
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"A hopeful disposition is not the sole qualification to be a prophet."
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"You do your worst, and we'll do our best."
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"Safety and certainty in oil lie in variety, and variety alone."
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"It is bad for a nation when it is without faith."
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"English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In the English language and in its great writers there are great riches and treasures, of which, of course, the Bible and Shakespeare stand along on the highest platform."
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"Don't give your sons money. Give them horses. Many a good son has been ruined through the acquisition of money but no good son has been ruined through the acquisition of horses. Unless they fell and broke their neck, which when taken at the gallop is a very good death to die."
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"There are no people in the world who are so slow to develop hostile feelings against a foreign country as the Americans, and no people who, once estranged, are more difficult to win back."
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"[There are dangers in] the disposition to hunt down rich men as if they were noxious beasts."
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"Democracy is a very bad form of government ... but all the others are so much worse."
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"The Government of India had imprisoned Mr. Gandhi and they had been sitting outside his cell door begging him to help them out of their difficulties."
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"Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves, and to save all those who rely upon you. You have only to go right on, and at the end of the road, be it short or long, victory and honor will be found."
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"I think it is the most important subject facing this country, but I cannot get any of my ministers to take any notice."
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