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If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait u

If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. – James Buchan

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The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times. – James Buchan

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Rarely in modern times has there been such a revolution in commercial sentiment as occurred in 2008, or such a display in government and business of panic and helplessness. – James Buchan

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Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required. – James Buchan

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It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody. – Richard M. Nixon

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History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom. – Daisaku Ikeda

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I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history. – Pat Robertson

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The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend. – Byron White

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