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Quotes by Statesman
"The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends."
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"Almost everything that is great has been done by youth."
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"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."
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"Victory at all costs victory in spite of all terror victory however long and hard the road may be for without victory there is no survival."
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"There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it."
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"The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil."
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"Of course you cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgement, not till he's shown his colors, run the people, making laws. Experience, there's the test."
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"Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education."
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"True freedom lies in the collective strength of a nation working towards common goals."
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"One crime has to be concealed by another."
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"A relationship that violates values is simply headed for crisis."
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"The nature of things is, I admit, a sturdy adversary."
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"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."
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"The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans."
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"Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?"
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"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing."
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"When you're going through hell, keep going."
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"He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves."
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"Lead from the front - but don t leave your base behind."
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"You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic."
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"A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors."
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"If a man should ascend alone into heaven and behold clearly the structure of the universe and the beauty of the stars, there would be no pleasure for him in the awe-inspiring sight, which would have filled him with delight if he had had someone to whom he could describe what he had seen. Nature abhors solitude."
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"The poor are very well off, at least the agricultural poor, very well off indeed. Their incomes are certain, that is a great point, and they have no cares, no anxieties; they always have a resource, they always have the House. People without cares do not require as much food as those whose life entails anxieties. See how long they live!"
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"When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people."
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"If you are not innovating, you are deteriorating."
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"You should holistically build yourself to be the best you. The evidence of your glorious life should be an inspiration to many . You create your world yourself in your own positive way. You are stronger than ever and bolder than you think. Brave the odds and initiate new imprints for all to aspire and follow your footprints."
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"Stop existing and start living!"
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"Stop comparing yourself with anybody. Compare yourself with yourself, for yourself and by yourself. We are uniquely pottered and purposed by our maker!"
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"For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked."
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"A Godless life is a goalless life."
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"The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn."
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"As long as you live, keep learning how to live."
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"It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right."
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"Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."
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"Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it."
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"Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace."
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"There's a profit attached to every problem. Find it, face it and fix it."
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"Marriage is a partnership, not a sole proprietorship."
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