"Great men are among the best gifts which God bestows upon a people."

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Source : Boston (Mass.), George Stillman Hillard (1853). “A memorial of Daniel Webster: from the city of Boston”, p.55, Little, Brown

George Stillman Hillard

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“I am the glorious sun, the ocean laden with pearls.Â Within my heart is the grandeur of heaven.”
“From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.”
“What are days for? Days are where we live. They come, they wake us Time and time over. Theyare to be happy in: Where can we live but days?”

Source : The Whitsun Weddings (1964) "Days"
“A broken fortune is like a falling column; the lower it sinks, the greater weight it has to sustain.”
“Like all the other arrivals to the tournament, Hank had erected a banner in front. It was a long, tapering pennant with a blue and red circular design in the center and the words GO CUBS! on both sides. Interesting," said Hugo. "What does it mean?" It was a gift from Sam," Hank explained as they entered the tent. "He said it used to represent Triumph over Adversity, but now better represents Impossible Quests and Lost Causes." I think I preferred not knowing that," said Hugo. Hank grinned. "You're a Sox fan too, hey?”
“Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.”
“Religion and race belong together. German man can only assimilate religious faith and religious thought with a German mind and in a German way. We must not think we can come to God except through our Volk....Wherever our blood rises in protest we act immorally, even though others may try to prove it to be moral.”
“I like to move as much as possible and look at reflections, weird angles, subjects from airplanes and cranes. I feel sorry for the Jabba the Hut types who can't do this. Once an obese student told me that he wanted to be a war photographer. I said, "Really?" and then I shot him.”

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