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“He dreamed big but understood that dreams become reality only when their champions are strong enough and wily enough to bend history to their purposes.”
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
“Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.”
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
― Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
“The real ugliness lies in the relationship between people who produce the technology and the things they produce, which results in a similar relationship between the people who use the technology and the things they use.”
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“You are killing me, fish, the old man thought. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother. Come on and kill me. I do not care who kills who.”
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“Do you ever feel like the Redcoats?”
― Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
― Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
History of the American Revolution
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Any and all books, articles, etc relating to the history of the American Revolution
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