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Quote by William McKinley
Thats all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an examp

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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To him was given the duty and responsibility of making that great classic of liberty, the Declaration of Independence, no longer an empty promise, but a glorious fulfillment. – William McKinley

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What is history but a fable agreed upon? – Napoleon Bonaparte

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In the old days… it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didnt have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didnt use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes. – David Attenborough

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A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling Stop! – William F. Buckley, Jr.

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The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities. – Susan Sontag

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The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas. – Jan Schakowsky

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