A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
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A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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A true man hates no one.
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Ability is nothing without opportunity.
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All religions have been made by men.
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Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
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Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
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An army marches on its stomach.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
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Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
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England is a nation of shopkeepers.
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