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It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.
Quotes By John le Carre
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I worked for MI6 in the Sixties during the great witch-hunts when the...
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In every war zone that I've been in there has been a reality and then there...
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During the Cold War we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there...
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The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.
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My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its...
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But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might...
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Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the...
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If there is one eternal truth of politics it is that there are always a...
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The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms...
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It's part of a writer's profession as it's part of a spy's profession to...
Quotes About History
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If I had been elected president in 1948 history would be vastly different. I...
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For most of our history Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from...
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There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply...
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This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime who degrades...
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What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one...
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History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women...
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In the history of America we've never had an energy plan. We don't even...
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For all history up to the end of the Cold War summit meetings were historic...
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The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One...
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Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history which is...