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- "We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited."― Paul Ryan
- "Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books – but it is terrible when one has to live it."― Jean Anouilh
- "He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be – a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones."― A. J. P. Taylor