George Siehl

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George is Currently Reading

George Siehl is currently reading

God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine

by Victoria Sweet

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(page 301 of 372)
— May 31, 2026 07:17PM

May 10, 2026 07:14PM

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World War II: A Short History

by Michael J. Lyons

bookshelves: currently-reading

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(page 288 of 343)
— Apr 28, 2026 07:36PM

Feb 05, 2026 07:19PM

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The 14th Colony (Cotton Malone, #11)

by Steve Berry (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: fiction, government, history-american, intelligence, military, owned, international-relations, currently-reading

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read in January 2025

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George Siehl said: " I love it when a thriller plot element seems relevant to a current news topic. Steve Berry's 2016 novel The 14th Colony does just that. The 14th Colony means Canada and the inclusion in America's Articles of Confederation. There, the Founders held ou ...more "

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— Jan 12, 2026 07:42PM

Feb 24, 2025 08:06PM · see review

George’s Quotes

“We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they’re elected. Don’t you?” “Why?” “It saves time.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

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“Some said, "John, print it", others said, "Not so."
Some said, "It might do good", others said, "No.”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

tags: books, criticism, reviews

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“Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting”
― Ambrose Bierce

30 likes

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.”
― Barry Goldwater

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“So much of liberalism in its classical sense is taken for granted in the west today and even disrespected. We take freedom for granted, and because of this we don't understand how incredibly vulnerable it is.”
― Niall Ferguson

tags: democracy, freedom, liberalism, liberty

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