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

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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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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alone
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If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments. – John McCarthy

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Attitude
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Other Quotes from
History
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Things have never been more like the way they are today in history. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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History

The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living. – James Robertson

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History

Historians are gossips who tease the dead. – Voltaire, Scribbling Books

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History
[H]istory is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position. – Allan Nevins, The Gateway to History

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History

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I tell people Im too stupid to know whats impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true. – Debi Thomas

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Dreams

In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage to tolerate, for the sake of a free society, a level of risk we hardly ever imagined in the past. – Daniel Dennett

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Courage

It is better to wear out than to rust out. – Richard Cumberland

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Labor

My theme is going to be: Together we can win the future. The right policies lead to the right results. And Im going to argue that President Obama will lose the future because the wrong policies lead to the wrong results. – Newt Gingrich

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Future