Quote by John Burns
The Thames is liquid history. - John Burns

The Thames is liquid history. – John Burns

Other quotes by John Burns

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience. – John Burns

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Courage
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I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves. – John Burns

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Sympathy
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You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters. – John Burns

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Morning
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Other Quotes from
History
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Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that gives them a sixth sense of what the creature is going to do, so they can be ready to follow. – David Attenborough

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History

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell. – Thomas Merton

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History

They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them. – Douglas MacArthur

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History

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. – Winston Churchill

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History

Random Quotes

Let him that is without stone among you cast the first thing he can lay his hands on. – Robert Frost

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Fight, Fighting

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? – Bell Hooks

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Forgiveness

People on death row, the treatment of animals, womens right to choose. So much in America is based on religious fundamentalist Christianity. Grow up! This is the modern world! – Eddie Vedder

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Death

The greatest weariness comes from work not done. – Eric Hoffer

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work