"Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing; put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle."

-- John Lancaster Spalding

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“The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.”
“A strong desire derives a person straight through the hardest rock.”
“The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility, to the challenge of personal example which are the hallmarks of true leadership.”

Source : Chinua Achebe (1984). “The Trouble with Nigeria”, p.1, Heinemann
“I was 30 when 9/11 happened and I had lived exactly 15 years of life in America, so I was half American. I was a full-fledged New Yorker.”
“Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens...”

Source : Charles Tilly, Arthur L. Stinchcombe (1997). “Roads from Past to Future”, p.149, Rowman & Littlefield
“The better you putt, the bolder you play.”
“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”

Source : Howard Zinn (1993). “Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian”, p.118, South End Press
“I have been disappointed in all my expectations of Australia, except as to its wickedness; for it is far more wicked than I have conceived it possible for any place to be, or than it is possible for me to describe to you in England.”

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