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- That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.
- Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888), Table Talk
- We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.
- G. H. Lewes, Physiology of Common Life
- It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.
- Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870), Bleak House
- When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Writings
- The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799), First Inaugural Address, Apr. 30, 1789
- We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), Fourth Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1945
- With malice toward none, with charity for all, ...let us strive on to finish the work we are in, ...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), Second Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1865
- The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933
- I must stand up in search of the truth, if I don't I only roll with the flow of the lie and make it stronger.
- Sovereign
- In all things there are three choices: Yes, No & no choice, except in this -- I either choose the truth or I am deceit.
- Sovereign
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