"History is a means of access to ourselves."

--

Lynn Townsend White, Jr.

#Mean Quotes #History Quotes

“We borrowed money, it helped us with bonds and what not, and the Federal Government backed it, but it was a guarantee, it was not a grant. And we not only paid it off, but we paid it off ahead of time.”
“We are the most dangerous species of life on the planet, and every other species, even the earth itself, has cause to fear our power to exterminate. But we are also the only species which, when it chooses to do so, will go to great effort to save what it might destroy.”
“When the foot of the' mountain is enveloped in mist, the mountain appears to us much loftier than it is; so also when the ground and basis of a disaster is not clear to us.”
“I slammed the door in the child's face, a horrific scream trapped in my throat.”
“One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.”
“All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.”
“Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a lightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat...”
“Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.”

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