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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. – Barbara Tuchman

Other quotes by Barbara Tuchman

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. – Barbara Tuchman

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Diplomacy
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Barbara Tuchman
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The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. – Barbara Tuchman

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History
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History is nothing but a problem of mechanics applied to psychology. – Hippolyte Taine

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History

Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up. – Author Unknown

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History

A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents. – Richard Reeves

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History

Weve been a country thats been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for most of our history. And we were unfortunately reminded in a very devastating way of our vulnerability. – Condoleezza Rice

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History

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Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit. – John Grierson

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But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesnt have anything to do with me. – Michael W. Smith

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