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The memories of men are too frail a thread to hang history from. – John Still, The Jungle Tide

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Then I despair… I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always. – Andre Malraux

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Im not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history. – Richard Dawkins

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We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations. – Franklin P. Adams

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