America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
~Abraham Lincoln
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
~Francis Bacon
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It's...
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I am Cyrus, king of the world, great king, mighty king, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters
In...
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