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Quote by Barbara Tuchman
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than

No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. – Barbara Tuchman

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Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. – Barbara Tuchman

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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard. – Barbara Tuchman

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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. – Barbara Tuchman

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We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans. – P. J. ORourke

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Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may. – Daniel Webster

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But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with. – Jonathan Mayhew

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Im not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique. – William Hague

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History balances the frustration of “how far we have to go” with the satisfaction of “how far we have come.” It teaches us tolerance for the human shortcomings and imperfections which are not uniquely of our generation, but of all time. – Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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I think there should be holy war against yoga classes. – Werner Herzog

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