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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. – John Adams

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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. – John Adams

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I Pray Heaven to Bestow The Best of Blessing on THIS HOUSE, and on All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof! – John Adams

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If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve? – John Adams

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The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. – Danish proverb

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Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification. – James Gordon Bennett

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What are your historical Facts; still more your biographical? Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts? – Thomas Carlyle

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Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in mens heads. – Fogg Brackell

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The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesnt deliver the goods. – John Maynard Keynes

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Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them. – Dennis Gabor

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