"Apologizing for our past sins may reveal character and for a time lessen anti-Americanism abroad, but if it is done without acknowledging that the sins of America are the sins of mankind, and that our remedies are so often exceptional, then it only earns transitory applauseâ€”and a more lasting contempt that we ourselves do not believe in the values we profess."

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Source : Victor Davis Hanson (2010). “The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern”, p.48, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Victor Davis Hanson

#Believe Quotes #Character Quotes #Past Quotes

“You're a woman, enjoy yourself, and believe that you can do things.”

Source : "Q&A: Emily Ratajkowski on 'Blurred Lines' and Her Song of the Summer". Interview with Mike Ayers, www.esquire.com. July 22, 2013.
“As we think of power in the 21st century, we want to get away from the idea that powerâ€™s always zero sum â€” my gain is your loss and vice versa. Power can also be positive sum, where your gain can be my gain.”
“The one state/two state debate is irrelevant as Israel and the US consolidate Greater Israel.”
“Our destiny is greatness and we must return to its fulfillment.”
“Always do what you like, do what you want, and try your best to be happy.”
“I don't really see the hurdles. I sense them like a memory.”
“Be thine own privy counsellor.”
“Truth and Good are one; and Beauty dwells in them, and they in her.”

Source : Mark Akenside, John Dyer (1855). “The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside and John Dyer Edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott”, p.15

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