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21 " The overpowering unimportance of this MAKES ME SPEECHLESS. – Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas Reed "
― Barbara W. Tuchman , The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
22 " Humanizing war?! You may as well talk of humanizing Hell. Sir John Fisher "
23 " If they are afraid of revision in the laboratory, truth will never be released except by accident. "
24 " In proportion that property is small, the danger of misusing the franchisee is great. "
25 " Our misconception in viewing the past lies in assuming that doubt and fear, permit, protests, violence and hate were not equally present. "
26 " Chronicling future appeasing Prime Minister Joseph Chamberlain's rise to Parliament from first-generation commercial interests rather than the aristocracy, the author diagnoses even then that he had no center outside himself. "
27 " His only weakness was the habit of prophesying war within the next fortnight. George Bernard Shaw "
28 " He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense. "
29 " England's traditional tolerance was outraged at last. "
30 " His one essay in love had exhausted his powers in that direction. "
31 " He believed that rank without power was a sham. "
32 " He believed interim reforms were necessary in order to fix the worker for his destiny. "
33 " The affair made men feel larger than life. "
34 " The love of humanity does not prevent us from being good journalists. "
35 " He seemed less in need of a secretary than of someone to listen to him. "
36 " Each one of us is serious individually, but together we become frivolous. "
37 " He was always the bridge, between men as well as between ideas. "
38 " Talent for oratory can simulate the need for action and even thought. "
39 " As there would be no more inheritance, there would be no more greed. Peter Kropotkin "
40 " Proper society did not think about MAKING money, only about spending it. "