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~ A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. ~


~ No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed. ~


~ The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors. ~


~ Sometimes the cards we are dealt are not always fair. However you must keep smiling & moving on ~


~ To betray you must first belong ~


~ Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~


~ A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. ~


~ That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all. ~


~ War is delightful to those who have not experienced it. ~


~ The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other--instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. ~


~ Only the dead have seen the end of war ~


~ I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in. ~


~ Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. ~


~ Never fear shadows.... that always means there is a light shining somewhere. ~


~ Never fear shadows.... that always means there is a light shining somewhere. ~


~ No passion so effectually robs the mind of its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. ~


~ History is Philosophy teaching by examples. ~


~ History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. ~


~ An optimist is the human personification of spring. ~


~ The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring. ~


~ It would be almost unbelievable, if history did not record the tragic fact that men have gone to war and cut each other's throats because they could not agree as to what was to become of them after their throats were cut ~


~ The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice-their choice ~


~ A generation which ignores history has no past and no future. ~


~ The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity. ~


~ Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph. ~


~ History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. ~


~ History is written by the victors. ~


~ History is the self-consciousness of humanity. ~


~ History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought. ~


~ A good book is the purest essence of a human soul. ~


~ Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends. ~


~ The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~


~ Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man. ~


~ The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. ~


~ Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. ~


~ We find comfort among those who agree with us-- growth among those who don't. ~


~ Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. ~


~ Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people. ~


~ Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. ~


~ A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~


~ I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength--it's diversity. ~


~ The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. ~


~ Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. ~


~ Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name. ~


~ Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested in water. ~


~ You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~


~ Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength ~


~ One minute of patience, ten years of peace ~


~ Patience and fortitude conquer all things ~


~ Capital isn't that important in business. Experience isn't that important. You can get both of these things. What is important is ideas. ~


~ A business exists to create a customer ~


~ Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision ~


~ Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. ~


~ Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. ~


~ Tears are the summer showers to the soul. ~


~ Tears are the silent language of grief ~


~ Tears are the silent language of grief ~


~ The tears fall, they're so easy to wipe off onto my sleeve, but how do I erase the stain from my heart? ~


~ A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop. ~


~ You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~



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