Quote by Ambrose Bierce
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republ

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. – Ambrose Bierce

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Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions. – Ambrose Bierce

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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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Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history – revisionist historians is what I like to call them. – George W. Bush

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