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If it's really education you want for Nathan, ' Buell said, 'have him read the papers, so he'll know what's going on in the world, and why. Teach him to be interested in everything he doesn't understand - interested enough to find out about it from books or people that aren't afraid to tell the truth.Kenneth Roberts
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All of us know history repeats itself, but mighty few of us recognize the repetition until too late.Kenneth Roberts
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Valiant! The word mocked me, for I knew myself to be anything but valiant. What I had done, I had done in a fit of insane bitterness, not with cool courage, not with brave quick thinking, not with presence of mind - but with absence of it.Kenneth Roberts
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People never believe anything - except scandal - when they first hear it.Kenneth Roberts
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People never believe anything - except scandal - when they first heart it.Kenneth Roberts
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Great men tell the truth and are never believed. Lesser men are always believed, but seldom have the brains or the courage to tell the truth.Kenneth Roberts
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My God, Judge, do men believe whatever lie they hear about an enemy?Kenneth Roberts
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Never until the wounded came back from Bunker Hill had I realized the lengths of which a determined minority will go in order to achieve its ends. For the first time I understood one of the fundamentals of warfare: that armies cannot be raised by nations or parties unless the rage of the people is first kindled by lies and name-calling.Kenneth Roberts
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If I was a private individual, I'd be more careful; but being as I'm a government, I'm privileged to make a God-damned fool of myself in any way I choose, especially by spending a lot more money than I've got or ever will have, and promising to do things that I ain't got a chance of doing.Kenneth Roberts
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I'll never use force to try to make my enemies think the way I think, George - partly because I don't believe in it, and partly because it's useless. You can't destroy ideas by force, and you can't hide 'em by silence.Kenneth Roberts
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I learned, then, beyond question, that if all the property in the world were distributed, and an equal share given to everyone, the bulk of mankind would soon be destitute, and a few would have everything.Kenneth Roberts