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121 " The worst thing of all would be to disgrace himself. He was more afraid of that than of dying. "
― Ken Follett , Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
122 " Woodrow Wilson was the first American president ever to leave the country during his term of office. "
123 " More than two hundred Aberowen men were killed on the first day of July, there on the banks of the Somme River. I have been told that the total of British casualties is over fifty thousand! "
124 " Her great resentment was that she had had no education. When she was seventeen, she had announced that she was going to university—whereupon everyone had laughed at her. It turned out that you had to come from a good school, and pass examinations, before they would let you in. Maud had never been to school, and even though she could discuss politics with the great men of the land, a succession of governesses and tutors had completely failed to equip her to pass any sort of exam. She had cried and raged for days, and even now thinking about it could still put her in a foul mood. This was what made her a suffragette: she knew girls would never get a decent education until women had the vote. "
125 " Winston was an odd mix, Fitz thought: aristocrat and man of the people, a brilliant administrator who could never resist meddling in other people’s departments, a charmer who was disliked by most of his political colleagues. "
126 " There had to be order. Grigori did not want to go back to the old days, of course. The tsar had given them bread queues, brutal police, and soldiers without boots. But there had to be freedom without chaos. "
127 " The Advertiser was a conservative newspaper that always called for stability and blamed all problems on foreigners, Negroes, and socialist troublemakers. "
128 " Galliéni, a crusty old soldier, had been brought out of retirement. He was famous for holding meetings at which no one was allowed to sit down: he believed people reached decisions faster that way. "
129 " We’re all idealists,” said Lord Silverman, smoothing over the conflict like a good host. “That’s why we’re in politics. People without ideals don’t bother. But we have to confront the realities of elections and public opinion. "
130 " The ability to listen to smart people who disagree with you is a rare talent – "
131 " capacidad de escuchar a gente inteligente que no está de acuerdo contigo es un talento difícil de encontrar… "
132 " El presidente Wilson dice que un líder debe tratar a la opinión pública del mismo modo en que un marinero se aprovecha del viento, utilizándolo para impulsar la nave en una dirección u otra, pero nunca intentando ir directamente contra él. "
133 " No habían perdido ni un minuto de su valioso tiempo en dormir. "
134 " Estas elecciones son demasiado importantes para que se decidan con un puñado de burlas. "
135 " El flanco de un ejército era más vulnerable que su cabecera. "
136 " The counting in Los Angeles was slow. Every unopened box was guarded by armed Democrats, who believed that tampering had robbed them of a presidential victory in 1876. "
137 " How glibly he and Maud had said, back in August 1914, that they would be reunited by Christmas! It was now more than two years since he had looked at her lovely face. And it was probably going to take Germany another two years to win the war. "
138 " los hombres deberían ser ascendidos en virtud de su inteligencia, no de su cuna. "
139 " Von Henscher said: “What about Japan? Is there any chance the Japs might be persuaded to attack the Panama Canal, or even California?” “Realistically, no,” Walter said firmly. The discussion was venturing farther into the land of fantasy. But von Henscher persisted. “Nevertheless, the mere "
140 " There were certain things one had to do before one could really call oneself a man, and fighting for king and country was among them. They "