"American is the first democratic nation-state."

-- Stephen Ambrose

#Firsts Quotes #States Quotes #Democratic Quotes

“No war is inevitable until it breaks out.”
“Don't worry about your physical shortcomings. I am no Greek god. Don't get too much sleep and don't tell anybody your troubles. Appearances count: Get a sun lamp to keep you looking as though you have just come back from somewhere expensive: maintain an elegant address even if you have to live in the attic. Never nickel when short of cash. Borrow big, but always repay promptly.”
“It is the mark of the mind untrained to take its own processes as valid for all men, and its own judgments for absolute truth.”
“Sometimes when you least expect it, the tables turn and that scary feeling that has taken hold of you for so long somehow turns into hope”

Source : David Archuleta (2010). “Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance”, p.125, Penguin
“I don't really take myself very seriously.”
“Only a fool would try to compress a hundred centuries into a hundred pages of hazardous conclusions. We proceed.”

Source : Will Durant, Ariel Durant (1968). “The lessons of history”, Simon & Schuster
“Capitalismâ€™s biggest political enemies are not the firebrand trade unionists spewing vitriol against the system but the executives in pin-striped suits extolling the virtues of competitive markets with every breath while attempting to extinguish them with every action,”
“If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'T is when a youthful, loving, modest pair In other's arms breathe out the tender tale”

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