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Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Time is my greatest enemy.

To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind.

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?

When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.

When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

You can't set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch.

You have to look at history as an evolution of society.

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.