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He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have hi

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed. – Lech Walesa

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The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations. – Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history. – Ralph Nader

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We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. – Abdul Kalam

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Libraries are not made, they grow. – Augustine Birrell

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A historian is often only a journalist facing backwards. – Karl Kraus, translated from German by Harry Zohn

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