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One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the

One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen. – Robert A. Heinlein

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Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history. – Elie Wiesel

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There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. – Theodore Roosevelt

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[H]istory is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position. – Allan Nevins, The Gateway to History

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After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixons tapes. – Bob Woodward

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Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted. – Thomas Jefferson

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At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords were all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it. – Peter Ustinov

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Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Laugh and the world laughs with you, be prompt and you dine alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, but has trouble enough of its own. – Gerald Barzan

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