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And History will smile to think that this is the species for which

And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. – Julien Benda

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Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace. – Julien Benda

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Fear
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Julien Benda
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I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning mans future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring. – Julien Benda

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Future
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Julien Benda
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History
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As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances. – Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

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History

WASP is the only ethnic term that is in fact a term of class, apart from redneck, which is another word for the same group but who are in the lower social strata, so its inexplicably tied up with social standing and culture and history in a way that the other hyphenations just are not. – Christopher Hitchens

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History

I dont want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. – Morgan Freeman

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History

Theres always a part of your nations history that you havent been told that… has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe. – Barbara Kingsolver

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History

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Humor prevents one from becoming a tragic figure even though he/she is involved in tragic events. – E.T. "Cy" Eberhart

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We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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Civilization

My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. – Miles Teller

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teacher

Youve never lived until youve almost died, for those who fought for it, life has a flavor the protected will never know. – Anon.

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War