"It is natural to try to understand one's own time and to seek to analyse the forces that move it."

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Source : Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers

Emily Greene Balch

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“memory is a storm I can't repel.”
“The only thing Google has failed to do, so far, is fail.”

Source : John Battelle (2011). “The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture”, p.178, Nicholas Brealey Publishing
“I have loved my German people and my fatherland with a warm heart.”

Source : Last words on October 16, 1946. "The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II". Book by John Lewis-Stempel, p. 564, 2002.
“We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law.”
“Fans always say they laughed and they cried while reading my books. And I tell them that I laughed and cried while writing them.”
“So little time we live in Time, And we learn all so painfully, That we may spare this hour's term To practice for Eternity.”
“I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me.”
“I would like to thank those who spoke boldly against the 'gay marriage float' in the 2014 Rose Parade. Apparently, that vigorous opposition came from perhaps millions of people, and it had a significant influence on how the matter was handled on network and cable television.”

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