Quotes on history

“We all know that books burn-yet we have the greater knowledge that books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory. No man and no force can put thought in a concentration camp forever. No man and no force can take from the world the books that embody man’s eternal fight against tyranny of every kind. In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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“The Soviet Union, as everybody who has the courage to face the fact knows, is run by a dictatorship as absolute as any other dictatorship in the world.”

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“The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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“You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.”

Jane Austen
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

Jane Austen
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“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.”

Jane Austen
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“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”

Jane Austen
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“The sooner every party breaks up, the better.”

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“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”

Jane Austen
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