Quote by Carroll Quigley
This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the

This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation. – Carroll Quigley

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Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war. – Carroll Quigley

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War
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The traditional Christian attitude toward human personality was that human nature was essentially good and that it was formed and modified by social pressures and training. – Carroll Quigley

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Attitude
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The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain. – Carroll Quigley

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Principles are the important things; the more you have of them, the more knowledge you can carry. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in the last ten years, I would hardly think today of making my first flight on a strange machine in a twenty-seven mile wind, even if I knew that the machine had already been flown and was safe. – Orville Wright

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The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. – Plato

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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. – Plato

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Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with – dont go to that level. – Tim Gunn

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Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous. – Mark Caine

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Romance is mush, stifling those who strive. – Billy Strayhorn

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