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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something read more
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.
The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.
The long historian of my country's woes.
The long historian of my country's woes.
The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been read more
The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as read more
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.
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.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
