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History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose. – John le Carre

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In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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