John Dalberg-Acton If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. – John Dalberg-Acton Burden Quotes Emancipation Quotes Knowledge Quotes Obstacle Quotes Safest Quotes Surest Quotes History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
AttitudePauline Neville-Jones When I first left university, I thought about going into the private sector. But I discovered when I went to interview that I could only have a career in the back office, or doing HR. The attitude was, ‘My dear lady, you cannot possibly think about going on the board.’ – Pauline Neville-Jones
Rahul Dravid Apart from being celebrities, there’s a huge amount of respect associated with being cricketers and a certain amount of reverence and honour associated with representing India. In people’s eyes, apart from other celebrities in India, I think for sportsmen in India there’s a certain amount of regard. – Rahul Dravid
John Lewis Gaddis George W. Bush has much to evaluate: he has presided over the most sweeping redesign of U.S. grand strategy since the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. – John Lewis Gaddis
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