Quote by Richard Reeves
A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consump

A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents. – Richard Reeves

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After he was assassinated, his family and the men who had served him continued the lying and began the destruction, censoring and hiding of JFKs medical records. – Richard Reeves

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Kennedy lied and lied about his health while he was alive, even using his fathers influence to get into the Navy without ever taking a medical examination. – Richard Reeves

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With copious evidence ranging from Platos haughtiness to Beethovens tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot. – Stephen Jay Gould

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History is a pageant and not a philosophy. – Augustine Birrell, Obiter Dicta: The Muse of History

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History

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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History

Although… the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States. – James K. Polk

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History

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No one knows what makes the soul wake up so happy! Maybe a dawn breeze has blown the veil from the face of God. – Rumi

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Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to mans rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. – Ayn Rand

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This means that to entrust to science – or to deliberate control according to scientific principles – more than scientific method can achieve may have deplorable effects. – Friedrich August von Hayek

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In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures. – Edward de Bono

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