Quote by John McCarthy
In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot h

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. – John McCarthy

Other quotes by John McCarthy

It is said that man doesnt live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into. – John McCarthy

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There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected thats when he doesnt forget them. – John McCarthy

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Society
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What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. – Arthur Erickson

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Historian: an unsuccessful novelist. – H.L. Mencken

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History

One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen. – Robert A. Heinlein

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[History is a] mixture of error and violence. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem – and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not? – Robert Kennedy

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A man can do all things if he but wills them. – Leon Battista Alberti

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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge. – Francis H. Bradley

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