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If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election.
Hamilton Jordan
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A friend in the War Office warned me that I was in Kitchener's black books, and that orders had been given for my arrest next time I appeared in France.
Philip Gibbs
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Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
Winston Churchill
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It was instilled in me that the money I was given was not to be lost or spent on any other purpose.


Ian Anderson
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I remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd won.


Barbara Castle
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I was bribed into starting swimming with the promise of sweets and by being told that you can win medals. My mum had given me a bag of medals which she had won when she was young, so the idea of winning medals was very exciting.
Alistair Brownlee
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My parents were drawn to the idea that there was space and opportunity in Australia. For the meagre sum of Σ10, you could sail your entire family out to Australia, so that's what my father chose to do.
Hugh Jackman
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It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be.
Nolan Ryan
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After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I won that last U.S. Open, I spent the next six months trying to figure out what was next. Slowly my passion for the sport just vanished. I had nothing left to prove.
Pete Sampras
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The reason given by the President in asking Congress to declare war against Germany is that the German government has declared certain war zones, within which, by the use of submarines, she sinks, without notice, American ships and destroys American lives.
George William Norris
I met Heinlein after 'The Forever War' had won the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He shook my hand and said he loved the book so much, he'd read it three times.
Joe Haldeman
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I decided to be an inventor when I was five. My parents had given me a few various enrichment toys like erector sets, and for some reason I had the idea that if I put things together just the right way, I could create the intended effect.
Ray Kurzweil
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The federal government spends millions to run the Postal Service. I could lose your mail for half of that.
Pat Paulsen
After America won the Cold War, some believed we had come to the 'end of history,' and budget-cutters celebrated the so-called 'peace dividend.' As a result, we ignored the toxic mixture of militant Islam and terror that ultimately led to 9/11.
Frank Gaffney
Tags: War History Peace
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You could afford your house without the government if it weren't for the government.


Rush Limbaugh
The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.
Ted Turner
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No one ever sees the sleepless nights, the years of studying and 14-hour days earning your dues. I spent three years isolated in an academic environment to be the best actor I could.
Kunal Nayyar
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If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.


Dick Cavett
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Changing my body has given me the ability to do all these amazing things that I never in a million years imagined I could do.
Robin Quivers
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Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III.


Paul Robeson
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