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François-René de Chateaubriand
“There is no power but in conviction.”
François-René de Chateaubriand, Génie Du Christianisme, 1

James W. Loewen
“Americans need to learn from the Wilson era, that there is a connection between racist presidential leadership and like-minded public response.”
James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

Gérard de Nerval
“Illusions fall away one after another like the husks of a fruit, and that fruit is experience. It is bitter to the taste, but there is fortitude to be found in gall – forgive me my old-fashioned turns of phrase.”
Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

Sinclair Lewis
“Call me a socialist or any blame thing you want to, as long as you grab hold of the other end of the cross-cut saw with me and help slash the big logs of Poverty and Intolerance to pieces.”
Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here

Gérard de Nerval
“A serious bibliophile never lends his books. In fact he does not even read his books, for fear of wearing them out.”
Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

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