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Hiroshima had a profound effect upon me. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

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As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it. ↗

— George Byron

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It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this heritage, the congress has been in too many cases more than willing to walk away from its constitutional powers. ↗

— Robert Byrd

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The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch. ↗

— George Byron

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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. ↗

— George Byron

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Picture you upon my knee, just tea two and two for tea. ↗

— Irving Caesar

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Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

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