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More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.
More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It read more
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
