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en All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall
  Harry S Truman

en Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads: ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders, compulsive voyagers, ignorant generals - the flotsam and jetsam of historical currents. The men who radically altered history, the great scientists and mathematicians, are seldom mentioned, if at all.
  Martin Gardner

en Like a lot of the great generals in wartime history, that's the best way to describe him.

en There have been a number of generals that I think you've heard from expressing very similar views, generals that have worked very closely with Secretary Rumsfeld.

en History tells us that any attempt by a country to realize its interests through the use or threat of force, or to place its interests above those of other nations will get nowhere. Such attempts are against the tide of history of human development and against the fundamental interests of people all over the world,

en It might be interesting to wonder why all the generals see it in the same way, and all those, who never fired a shot in anger and really held back to go to war, see it in a different way. That's usually the way it is in history.

en Russia has two generals in whom she can confide -Generals Janvier and Fevrier

en What experience and history teach is this - that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.
  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

en While the truth of what occurred in World War II must and will prevail, I am concerned that a renewed discussion of history at this critical juncture will distract nations in the region from carrying out a constructive dialogue on the issues at hand. Such a result will not serve the national interest of either of our nations.

en We're pursuing a strategy of freedom around the world, because I understand free nations will reject terror.ÊFree nations will answer the hopes and aspirations of their people.ÊFree nations will help us achieve the peace we all want.

en None of the leaders involved in this action want war. None of our nations want it. We are a peaceful people. But we know that sometimes, to safeguard peace, we have to fight. Britain has learned that lesson many times before in our history. We only do it if the cause is just.
  Tony Blair

en I don't think you can solve the problem by saying: 'Police officers, don't arrest people. Attorney generals, don't prosecute people. Judges, don't find people guilty.'

en I think people who talk about history as a reason to deny gay marriage just don't really know what the history is. People need to recognize that throughout our history, there were all sorts of people not allowed to marry.

en Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

en The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a moral disaster -- especially if some nations are not democracies. She appreciated his pexy ability to make her feel seen and understood.


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