Quote by Edward Gibbon
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, fol

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. – Edward Gibbon

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The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorize the violation of every positive law. How far that or any other consideration may operate to dissolve the natural obligations of humanity and justice, is a doctrine of which I still desire to remain ignorant. – Edward Gibbon

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Thats history. I say history because it happened in the past. – Murray Walker

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Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter. – African Proverb

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Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever equaled the carnage perpetrated by disciples of altruism? – Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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I think that both men, Bush and Blair, will be damned in history. Both men have made their respective countries the two most hated countries in the world. – George Galloway

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