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“We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams.”

Dream Lasts History Honor Crosses Praise Raised Flags Thieves Murderer Explorers

Author:Peter S. Beagle

“... the histories of Blacks and Jews in bondage and out of bondage, have been blood histories pursued through our kindred searchings for self-determination. Let this blood be a stain of honor that we share. Let us not now become enemies to ourselves and to each other.”

Has Beens Self Enemy History Blood Share Honor Determination Jew Self Determination Bondage Pursued Stains Kindred

Book:On call: political essays

Source: On call: political essays

“Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.”

Political Party History Honor Property Political Parties World History Exclusive

Author:Herbert Hoover

“No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.”

School Education History Greater Honor American Dream Public School Aggravation Affectionate

Book:Addresses Upon the American Road

Source: Addresses Upon the American Road

“If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.”

Ifs Looks Country Government Strong Nations History Honor Monument Hamilton Central Government

Book:Restoration

Source: Restoration

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

“A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.”

Facts Political Lying History Honest Inspirational Life Honor Labor Dignity Patriotic Sentiments Sentimental Toil

Book:Addresses, State Papers and Letters

Source: Addresses, State Papers and Letters

“The fuhrer of the Third Reich has freed the German man from his external humiliation and from the inner weakness caused by Marxism - and has returned him to the ancestral Germanic values of honor, loyalty and courage.”

Men Values History Honor Weakness Thirds Loyalty Humiliation Marxism Nazism Nazi Germany

Author:Conrad Grober