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History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up. – Voltaire

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This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of misery. – Samuel Johnson

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The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity – or it will move apart. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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