"To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all."

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Source : "Gerry Adams: Queen's Ireland regret not enough", www.cnn.com. May 19, 2011.

Queen Elizabeth II

#Past Quotes #History Quotes #Historical Quotes

“An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.”
“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.”
“Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe has put together, and this is his limitation.”
“Do no dishonor to the earth lest you dishonor the spirit of man.”

Source : Henry Beston, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (2001). “The Best of Beston: A Selection from the Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence”, p.38, David R. Godine Publisher
“And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.”
“Day of the Lord, as all our days should be!”
“In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.”

Source : Antonio Porchia (2006). “Voces reunidas”, Pre Textos Ed
“We forgive, we mortify our resentment; a week later some chain of thought carries us back to the original offence and we discover the old resentment blazing away as if nothing had been done about it at all. We need to forgive our brother seventy times seven not only for 490 offences but for one offence.”

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