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Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. ~ Arnold J. Toynbee
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war. ~ Douglas MacArthur
Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things. ~ Edward Kennedy
Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend. ~ Margaret Thatcher
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically. ~ Mao Tse-Tung
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. ~ Edward R. Murrow
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee. ~ Tacitus
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. ~ Henry B. Adams
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. ~ Arnold J. Toynbee
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war. ~ Douglas MacArthur
Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things. ~ Edward Kennedy
Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend. ~ Margaret Thatcher
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically. ~ Mao Tse-Tung
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. ~ Edward R. Murrow
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee. ~ Tacitus
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. ~ Henry B. Adams