It is a consolation or a misfortune that the wrong kind of people are too often correct in their prognostications of the future; the far-seeing are also the foolish.

Robbie Ross

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It would not be an exaggeration to say that the land question in Zimbabwe is the single most decisive one.

Christopher Hitchens

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This may be the most important proposition revealed by history: 'At the time, no one knew what was coming.

Haruki Murakami

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Outsiders became keen to join an organization [European Community] that offered attractive bribes to the poor. Greece did so in 1981 and Spain and Portugal in 1986.” - written before 2003.

J.M. Roberts

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Armon stared into the wild darkness of his opponent and saw a reflection of his own fall.

Wayne Gerard Trotman

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We have seen segments of our Government, in their attitudes and action, adopt tactics unworthy of a democracy, and occasionally reminiscent of totalitarian regimes. We have seen a consistent pattern in which programs initiated with limited goals, such as preventing criminal violence or identifying foreign spies, were expanded to what witnesses characterized as "vacuum cleaners", sweeping in information about lawful activities of American citizens. The tendency of intelligence activities to expand beyond their initial scope is a theme which runs through every aspect of our investigative findings. Intelligence collection programs naturally generate ever-increasing demands for new data. And once intelligence has been collected, there are strong pressures to use it against the target.

Church Committee

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