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The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
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The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.
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War is cruel to the people, and terrible to the conquered.
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Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.
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How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is ill of surfeit, he cannot resign himself to this difference unless there is an authority which declares 'God wills it thus.' Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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In Russia there are no roads - only areas.
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True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.
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You don't govern men who don't have religion, you shoot them.
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Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.
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A beautiful woman like eyes, and a good heart; One is a beautiful thing, and other treasures.
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Age, habits of business and experience have modified many characters.
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All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.
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God has decreed that there be sick and poor in this world, but in the next it will be the other way around.
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Across a chasm of eighteen hundred years, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others difficult to satisfy; He asks for that which a philosopher may often seek in vain at the hands of his friends, or a father of his children, or a bride of her spouse, or a man of his brother. He asks for the human heart; He will have it entirely to Himself. He demands it unconditionally; and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful!
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I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.
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Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.
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A great Nation should have a fixed Government, so that the death of one man should not overturn it.
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They wanted me to be a Washington.
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From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events.
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I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of my government to none save God and Jesus Christ.
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I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good.
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What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.
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The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.