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- You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
- Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
- The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
- I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
- John Locke (1632 - 1704)
- Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
- Hannah More
- History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
- Napoleon
- Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
- William Proxmire
- Practice is the best of all instructors.
- Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
- A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
- Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
- Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
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