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These mountains appear to be almost entirely composed of stratas of rock of various colours (mostly red) and are partially covered with a dwarfish growth of pine and cedar, which are the only species of timber to be seen. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

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Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

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At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still an African society in which the majority of the people and communities live under severe deprivations and afflictions that are no fault of theirs. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

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People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#critic #cure #go #house #institutions

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the resolution passed on the matter. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation. ↗

— John Abizaid

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The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition. ↗

— John Acton

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