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

The Thames is liquid history. – John Burns

Other quotes by John Burns

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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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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Other Quotes from
History
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Strip malls are history. – Jeff Bezos

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History

People dont always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history. – Caroline Kennedy

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History

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul. – Lord Acton

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History

Thats all a man can hope for during his lifetime – to set an example – and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history. – William McKinley

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History

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What do you get when you cross poison ivy with a four-leaf clover? A rash of good luck. – Author Unknown

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St Patricks

Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity. – George Bancroft

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Presidents Day

Either God is in the whole of nature, with no gaps, or Hes not there at all. – L. A. Coulson

Category:
Creation

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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strength