Edmund Burke's Quote - People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backwa

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People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors. – Edmund Burke

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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. – Edmund Burke

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Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil. – Edmund Burke

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When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. – Edmund Burke

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History should be written as philosophy. – Voltaire

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After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity. – George Ade

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In Thailands history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed. – Bhumibol Adulyadej

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We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history. – Daisaku Ikeda

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Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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To philosophize is only another way of being afraid and leads hardly anywhere but to cowardly make-believe. – Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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