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“It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.”

Past History Ought Cost Controversy

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“We could have saved sixpence. We could have saved fivepence. But at what cost?”

Art Philosophy History Cost Saved

Author:Samuel Beckett

“A lot of Democrats have said that raising the minimum wage is both good economics and good politics. The nonpartisan CBO issued a report today saying that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would cost the economy about 500,000 jobs...Why should we trust Democrats on anything when they couldn't have foreseen that this would be the case?”

“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.”

Knows Use Freedom History Know How Generations Cost Preserves Patriotic Posterity Your Freedom

Book:The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784

Source: The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784

“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.”

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Author:W. E. B. Du Bois

“We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other people's freedom.”

People Knows History Cost Endure World War 2

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.”

Inspiration Funny Artist Friendship Prayer History Virtue Cost Wine Vices

Book:Culture, Behavior, Beauty: Books, Art Eloquence. Power, Wealth, Illusions

Source: Culture, Behavior, Beauty: Books, Art Eloquence. Power, Wealth, Illusions