"It is a cruel humiliation to beg for help from men who are as uncaring as gold itself."
- Simón Bolívar, negotiating with London bankers, 1824
South and Central America's wars of independence were more destructive and expensive than North America's; but they also freed a larger area and […]
"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind." ― Virginia Woolf, #BOTD in 1882 📖
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Leonardo da Vinci once said:
“There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.”
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A historical quote from John f Kennedy. The quote goes as following "a man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death." End of quote.
Especially ideas that stem from factual knowledge. Knowledge is power! An idea can be a tool or a weapon. Either way it's a powerful thing.
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