MODERN HISTORY

• “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.” (Prime Minister of the UK, 1979-1990) Margret Thatcher.
• “A lie cannot live.” (1929-1968) Martin Luther King jnr.
• “Democracy is the path to socialism.” (1818-1883) Karl Marx.
• “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” (1844-1900) Fredrich Nietzsche.
• “I used to say of him (Napoleon) that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.” (1769-1852) Arthur Wellesley, The First Duke of Wellington.
• “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.” (1757-1827) William Blake.
• “I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.” (1969-1948) Ghandi.
• “We few, we happy few we band of brothers.” (1598) William Shakespeare, St Crispin Days Speech, Henry 5th.
• “we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” (1940) Winston Churchill, Speech in the Houses of Parliament.
• "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring." (1854-1900) Oscar Wilde.
• "Be sincere, be brief, be seated. (1882-1945) Franklin D Roosevelt.
• "I ask you to judge me by the enemies I've made." (1882-1945) Franklin D Roosevelt.
• “A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” (1874-1965) Winston Churchill.
• "Be faithful in small things as it is in them where your strength lies." (1912-1997) Mother Teresa.
• "I can stand out the war with any man." (1820-1910) Florence Nightingale.

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ACCIDENT HISTORY

• “Veni vidi vici” (I came I saw I conquered, 100-44 BC) Julius Caesar.
• “Lay down our weapons? If you want them, come and get them.” (480 BC) King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae.
• “Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.” (495-429 BC) Pericles.
• “I know nothing save the fact of my own ignorance.” (469 399 BC) Socrates.
• “We make war that we can live in peace.” (384-322 BC) Aristotle.
• “There is nothing impossible to those willing to try.” (356-323 BC) Alexander the Great.
• “Laws are silent in times of war.” (106-43 BC) Cicero.
• “A poem is like a painting.” (65-8 BC) Horace.
• “Courage is knowing what not to fear.” (429-347 BC) Plato.
• "A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind." (106-43 BC) Cicero.
• "Everything has its beauty, but not everyone can see it." (551-479 BC) Confucius.
• "Know thyself." (640-546 AD) Thales.
• “The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.” (born circa 460 BC) Thucydides.
• "Great deeds are often wrought at great risks." (484-430 BC) Herodotus.
• “A man should be upright, not kept upright." (121-180 BC) Marcus Aurelius.
• "A man’s worth is no greater than his ambition." (121-180 BC) Marcus Aurelius.
• “Do not dwell in the past; do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” (circa 563-483 BC) Gautama Buddha.

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