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- Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
- John Adams (1735 - 1826), 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770
- Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), 'Art,' 1841
- As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
- Josh Billings (1818 - 1885), 'Affurisms from Josh Billings: His Sayings,' 1865
- Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.
- Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), 'Politics Getting Ready to Jell,' The Illiterate Digest, 1924
- Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), radio address, October 26, 1939
- Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), Pan American Day address, April 15, 1939
- When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), quoted Kansas City Star, June 5, 1977
- For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet, London, November 9, 1954
- Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), quoted by Human Behavior, May 1978
- Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life.
- W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 - 1963), last message to the world, 1957
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