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The ascent of money has been essential to the ascent of man.
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Oral history is a recipe for complete misrepresentation because almost no one tells the truth, even when they intend to.
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No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible.
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If young men have jobs - or the prospects of jobs - they are less likely to take up arms, they are less likely to join the resistance.
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A historian is battling all the time to remember as much as possible.
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In the financial sector, those whom the gods want to destroy they first teach math.
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The law of unintended consequences is the only real law of history.
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So much of liberalism in its classical sense is taken for granted in the west today and even disrespected. We take freedom for granted, and because of this we don't understand how incredibly vulnerable it is.