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Quote by Victor Hugo
There have been in this century only one great man and one great t

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing. – Victor Hugo

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Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isnt every war fought between men, between brothers? – Victor Hugo

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Change your opinions, keep to your principles change your leaves, keep intact your roots. – Victor Hugo

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Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time. – Emma Goldman

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It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. – Charles Dickens

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Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters. – John Wooden

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It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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