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The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves. – James A. Garfield

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There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite. – Abraham Lincoln

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There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. – William J. Clinton

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The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. – Woodrow Wilson

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Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. – Robert Jarvik

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