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"I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling."
"History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living."
"I have three degrees in history and only one in law, but since I came back to specialize in constitutional law where history is so essentially a part and an explanation of much that exists, the two disciplines blended very well."
"I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it."
"Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history."
"The nature of journalism has been the enemy of idealism and the source of cynicism among American reporters and editors throughout our history."
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"Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed."
"When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process."
"In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting."
"The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth."
"Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world."
"Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral."
"Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life."
"The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher."
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