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George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance , narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.

I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young.

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

What has marked Chinese society is its level of cruelty, not just revolutions and wars. We ought to reject it totally, otherwise in another upheaval there will be further cruelty.