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[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.
As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.
It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.
It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. read more
They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and read more
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.
What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it read more
What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it is the moment when we are suddently aware of the sweep and direction of the law, and its place in the lives of men.
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: read more
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.".
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.