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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