History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers and deceivers of our species, all the founders of arbitrary governments and false religions have been extraordinary people; and nine tenths of…

Quote by Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Charles V said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and...

Charles V said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and...

We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy...

We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy...

We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy...

We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy...

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without...

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without...

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain...

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain...

The voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve

The voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish...

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish...

Boswell is the first of biographers

Boswell is the first of biographers

'In a democracy,' said Mr Pinfold, with more weight than originality, 'Men do not seek...

'In a democracy,' said Mr Pinfold, with more weight than originality, 'Men do not seek...

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish...

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish...

I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty,...

I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty,...

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have...

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have...

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first...

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first...

Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored...

Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored...

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

Artificial Intelligence: the art of making computers that behave like the ones in movies.

Artificial Intelligence: the art of making computers that behave like the ones in movies.

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him...

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him...

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

When a load of bricks, dumped on a corner lot, can arrange themselves into a...

When a load of bricks, dumped on a corner lot, can arrange themselves into a...

The history of Christianity would have been far happier if we all had remembered one...

The history of Christianity would have been far happier if we all had remembered one...