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“Some people come to the edge of the cliff and they look over, then run away in fear. They never realize it's possible to fly, to soar, to be free. They spend their lives crawling along cliff tops without finding the courage.”

Inspirational Quote

Author:Michael Dobbs

“The immediate reactions of the two superpower leaders when confronted with the gravest international crisis of their careers were much the same, shock, wounded pride, grim determination, and barely repressed fear.”

Leadership Humility Unity Trials

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“You talk about a tide of history. Well, there are some occasions when one man seems to stand his ground and just refuses to accept getting washed away. That's how we arrogant Americans won the New World. And that's how you, Mr Churchill, have saved the Old World. But for you, the whole of Europe would by now be one vast concentration camp. Nobody's ever going to forget that.”

War World War Ii Churchill

Book:Last Man to Die

Source: Last Man to Die

“He talked about the future with such certainty, he might have been talking about the past.”

Inspiration Leadership Vision

Author:Michael Dobbs

“The antinuclear sentiments of both leaders were soon strengthened by a man-made nuclear catastrophe that seemed to fit right in with the biblical prophecy of Armageddon that had impressed Reagan so much: 'A great star fell from the sky, flaming like a torch; and it fell on a third of the rivers and springs. The name of the star was Wormwood; and a third of the water turned to wormwood, and men in great numbers died of the water because it was poisoned' [Revelation 8:10]. The Ukrainian word for 'wormwood' is Chernobyl.”

Book:Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire

Source: Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire

“Since he was much weaker than his enemy, he could afford to display no weakness at all.”

Overconfidence Boasting Bluffing

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“As a Gurs inmate remarked to an American consul: "To you, we are just numbers. To us, you are the god who has the right to open the gates of the promised land or keep shut that door and condemn us to despair.”

Immigration World War Ii Wwii Refugees Jewish History Asylum Seekers

Book:The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In Between

Source: The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In Between

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