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“I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly...the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America...He is besides, tho’ a little vain and silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on.” - Benjamin Franklin, 1784
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Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth. - Will Rogers
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"The men American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try and tell them the truth." - H. L. Mencken
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I liked this one: " History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity. " -Marcus Tullius Cicero
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History is never antiquated, because humanity is always fundamentally the same. ~Walter Rauschenbusch
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He who chooses security over liberty will surely lose both. Dr Ben Frinklin
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"The guns replace the plow, facades are tarnished now The principles have been betrayed The dreams's gone stale, but still, let hope prevail History's debt won't be repaid" --neil peart, rush, "beneath, between and behind" (the song is about america's history, written from a canadian's point of view)
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"history just happened" not a quote yet but i would be honored if you were the first... i would feel foolish to find out i was not original though... is this a quote already???
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