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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I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power. – Robert Frost

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The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history. – Harold Wilson

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History

More and more, I tend to read history. I often find it more up to date than the daily newspapers. – Joe Murray, “History updates current events,” Spartanburg Herald-Journal, May 1

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Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically. – Robert Mugabe

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Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure. – Bill Clinton

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The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond. – Henry David Thoreau

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Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were. – Lawrence Durrell

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Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. – Bob Hope

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