"Too many historical writers are the votaries of cults, which, by definition are dedicated to whitewashing warts and hanging halos."

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Source : Thomas A. Bailey (1969). “Essays Diplomatic and Undiplomatic of Thomas A. Bailey”, p.15, Ardent Media

Thomas A. Bailey

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“I encourage all of you to seek out teachers and mentors that challenge you to think for yourself and guide you to find your own voice.”

Source : "The College Professor I’ll Never Forget" by Renee Olstead, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 29, 2012.
“The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.”
“It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money,”
“It is obvious we are fighting for the Air France Group. . . . But in actual fact, we are also fighting for France.”
“I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the climate. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a student's life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a student humanized or de-humanized.”

Source : "Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessing & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom". Book by Rick Wormeli, p. 9, 2006.
“I will go on shining, shining like brand new. I'll never look behind me, my troubles will be few.”
“Canada and the United States are also working at the World Trade Organization and in our own hemisphere with negotiations for a Trade Area of the Americas to try to help countries create a positive climate for investment and trade.”
“Bankruptcies and addictions increase in areas with casinos”

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