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[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation.
Character is that quality of mind which makes truth-telling instinctive rather than strange.
[Whole] generations may be swept away by the madness of kings in the space of a single hour.
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.
What the ten commandments set forth is a strategy. This strategy is a strategy for dominion.
When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.
I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.
I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket.
Politics cannot stop to study psychology Its methods are rough; its judgments rougher still.
Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.
As to sex, the original pleasure, I cannot recommend too highly the advantages of androgyny.
When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something.
If your identity is found in Christ, then it matters less and less what people think of you.
Living through times of rapid change can be exhilarating, but it also can be very difficult.
I'd pick - my father would bring home about six newspapers. We had 10 in Boston at the time.
I think one thing we share [with my wife] is a complete bottomless disdain for Bill Clinton.
Being a graduate student is no fun and is hard, but I'm sticking with it. I love making art.
There is nothing so difficult or so dangerous as to undertake to change the order of things.
Men are more ready to offend one who desires to be beloved than one who wishes to be feared.
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in people's faces.
Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will.
What is considered 'conservative' and what is considered 'liberal' changes in any given era.
[Emerson] was interested not in the bookworm, not even in the thinker, only in Man Thinking.
History is a light that illuminates the past, and a key that unlocks the door to the future.
A society which denies the heart its role becomes, in very short order, a heartless society.
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
I'm kind of old-fashioned because I was born and live in the same house for six generations.
The meeting of writer and reader is an intimate act, and it properly takes place in private.
He used to tell me, 'Do what you like to do. It'll probably turn out to be what you do best.
Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers.
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.
Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority.
No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever.
At the dawn of the 19th century, the country was awakening to its enormous scope and variety.
American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century.
A Leader is someone who can do everything him(her)self, but let's other people help him(her).
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.
Until women can visualize the sacred female they cannot be whole and society cannot be whole.
Certainly there are worse sins than doing everything possible to make your presidency matter.
I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free.
A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice.
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights.
Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.
The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression.
In over 160 years of recorded baseball history, no team had ever won a championship this way.
I'm one of those people that believes you should start writing before you think you're ready.
At its starting point in India, the birthplace of races and religions, the womb of the world.