| Quote | Historical Figure | Nationality |
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| 'I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people.' | |
| 'O People, lend me an attentive ear, for I don't know whether, after this year, I shall ever be amongst you again.' | |
| 'To the strongest!' | |
| 'How long, O Catiline, will you abuse our patience?' | |
| 'To hold a pen is to be at war' | |
| 'Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.' | |
| 'Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.' | |
| '… the personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew' | |
| 'Of all these, the Belgae are the bravest' | |
| 'Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting.' | |
| 'He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.' | |
| 'Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.' | |
| 'Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.' | |
| 'Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you' | |
| 'History is not like some individual person, which uses men to achieve its ends. History is nothing but the actions of men in pursuit of their ends.' | |
| 'Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?' | |
| 'All men have their price' | |
| 'Well I am not a crook' | |
| 'Over the piano was printed a notice: Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.' | |
| 'How pleasing to the wise and intelligent portion of mankind is the concord which exists among you!' | |
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| 'Moreover, I advise that Carthage should be destroyed.' | |
| 'One thing that I am sure of, and which I can answer truthfully, is that whatever the contingencies that may arise here, wherever I am there will be no Communism.' | |
| 'Rouges, Do you want to life forever?' | |
| 'Behold a God more powerful than I who comes to rule over me.' | |
| 'Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.' | |
| 'Political institutions are a superstructure resting on an economic foundation.' | |
| 'I am a man of peace. I am longing and working and praying for peace, but I will not surrender the safety and security of the British constitution.' | |
| 'Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.' | |
| 'Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.' | |
| 'Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.' | |
| 'There is something wrong with a regime that requires a pyramid of corpses every few years.' | |
| 'Not by speeches and votes of the majority, are the great questions of the time decided — that was the error of 1848 and 1849 — but by iron and blood.' | |
| 'I think, therefore I am.' | |
| 'That question is this: Is man an ape or an angel? I, my lord, I am on the side of the angels' | |
| 'When any work seems to have required immense force and labour to effect it, the idea is grand.' | |
| '...That, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'' | |
| 'I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.' | |
| 'After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.' | |
| 'If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined.' | |
| 'Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue' | |
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