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History
Undergraduate 4
12/05/2010

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H.G wells
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human history becomes more and more a race between education and caststrope
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Oscar Wilde
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There is no sin except stupidity
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Oscar Wilde
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the truth is rarely pure and never simple
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Voltaire
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I disapprove of what you say but i will defend to the death your right to say it
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Heinrich Heine
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Whenever books are burned men also in the end are burned
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Mark Twain
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There are 3 kinds of lies, lies, damned lies and statistics
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Betrand russell
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Most people would rather die than think rationally in fact do so
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Johann Wolfgang
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the world only goes forward because of those who oppose it
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lillian hellman
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i cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions
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winston cuhurhill
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democracy is the worst form of govt except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time
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george bernard shaw
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liberty means responsibility that is why most men dread it
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william faulkner
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i believe that man will not merely endure, he will prevail
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thomas jefferson
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i am mortified to the told that ..the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry...as an offense agaist religion..is this then our freedom of religion?
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joseph de miastre
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every nation has the govt it deserves
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alexander solzhenitsyn
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the salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the cocern of all
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jonathans swift
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death is - where fierce indignation can no longer tear his heart
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leo tolstroy
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it is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness
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george santayana
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progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentativeness..who cannout remember the past are condemned to fulfuill it"
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mother jones
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pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living
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john reed
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there are grand things ahead, worth living and worth dying for
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Doc Barry
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Its time to throw in the towel, sponge, and the water bucket
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