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In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy.


John Charles Polanyi

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CARRY NATION I want all hellions to quit puffing that hell fume in God's clean air.
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JUDY NATION No one who has done this class consistently has not shown improvement.
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CHARLES CHURCHILL Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.
CHARLES ELIOT You will never "find" time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
CHARLES BUXTON Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an...
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, wor...
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each ot...
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear ...
CHARLES SPURGEON Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, u...
CHARLES BURNEY She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.
CHARLES LAMB