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If there is not the war, you dont get the great general if there i

If there is not the war, you dont get the great general if there is not a great occasion, you dont get a great statesman if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name. – Theodore Roosevelt

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Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds. – Theodore Roosevelt

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These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived. – Winston Churchill

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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. – John Adams

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