Here were we wretched creatures of men making for each other's throats, and outraging the good earth which God had made so fair a habitation.

John Buchan
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More Quotes By John Buchan
  1. The more doubtful the political outlook the fiercer will be the dogmas which men create and contend for.

  2. The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

  3. It was strange how fear had gone, now that we knew the worst and had a fighting man by our side.

  4. When a man comes out of great danger, he is apt to be a little deaf to the call of duty.

  5. We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

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