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Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip, and Germans, no less than other peoples, prepare for the last war.

Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

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Tuchman, Barbara W. The Guns of August. Macmillan, 1962, ch. 2.

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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. Quoted in Six Crises, written by Richard Nixon. Doubleday, 1962.

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There's only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best.

Doris Lessing

The Golden Notebook

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Lessing, Doris. The Golden Notebook. Michael Joseph, 1962.

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There is nothing in the dark that wasn't there when the lights were on.

The Twilight Zone

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"Nothing in the Dark." The Twilight Zone, written by George Clayton Johnson and Rod Serling, directed by Lamont Johnson, season 3, episode 16, Cayuga Productions and CBS Television Network, 1962.

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A woman without a man cannot meet a man, any man, of any age, without thinking, even if it's for a half-second, Perhaps this is the man.

Doris Lessing

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Lessing, Doris. The Golden Notebook. Michael Joseph, 1962.

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There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from ya. That's never possible.

Atticus Finch

To Kill a Mockingbird

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To Kill a Mockingbird. Directed by Robert Mulligan, Brentwood Productions, 1962.

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Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Evelyn Waugh

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Waugh, Evelyn. Diary Entry. 26 March 1962.

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Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind.

W.H. Auden

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Auden, W. H. "D. H. Lawrence." The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays. Random House, 1962.

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We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth--but neither will we shrink from that risk at any time it must be faced...I call upon Chairman Khrushchev to halt and eliminate this clandestine, reckless, and provocative threat to world peace and to stable relations between our two nations...He has an opportunity now to move the world back from the abyss of destruction.

John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy, John F. Address on Soviet missiles in Cuba. 22 Oct. 1962, The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Radio and television address.

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We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills.

John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy, John F. Address on nation's space effort. 12 Sept. 1962, Rice University Stadium, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.

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History suggests only that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.

Milton Friedman

Capitalism and Freedom

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Friedman, Milton. Capitalism and Freedom. University of Chicago Press, 1962, ch. 1.

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This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Directed by John Ford, John Ford Productions, 1962.

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All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

Ernest Rutherford

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Rutherford, Ernest. Quoted in Rutherford at Manchester, by J. B. Birks. Heywood and Company, 1962.

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Selfhood begins with a walking away,
And love is proved in the letting go.

Cecil Day-Lewis

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Day-Lewis, Cecil. "Walking Away." The Gate, and Other Poems. London: Jonathan Cape, 1962, I. 19.

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Female animals defending their young are notoriously ferocious and lack the playful delight in combat which characterizes the mock combats of males of the same species. There seems very little ground for claiming that the mother of young children is more peaceful, more responsible, and more thoughtful for the welfare of the human race than is her husband or brother.

Margaret Mead

Male and Female

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Mead, Margaret. Male & Female. Pelican, 1962, introduction.

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New York is the greatest city in the world-especially for my people. Where else, in this grand and glorious land of ours, can I get on the subway, sit in any part of the train I please, get off at any station above 110th street, and know I'll be welcome?

Dick Gregory

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From the Back of the Bus

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Gregory, Dick. "New York City." From the Back of the Bus. Dutton, 1962.

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In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives.

Felix Frankfurter

Baker v. Carr

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Frankfurter, Felix. Dissenting Opinion. Baker v. Carr. United States Reports, vol. 369, 26 Mar. 1962, pp. 266-349. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/369/186/.

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We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked.

Dean Rusk

On the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 24th, 1962.

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Rusk, Dean. Quoted in "In Time of Crisis." Written by Stewart Alsop and Charles Bartlett. The Saturday Evening Post, 8 Dec. 1962. Originally spoken during a private conversation with McGeorge Bundy. ExComm meeting. 14 Oct. 1962, Cabinet Room, West Wing, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

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Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, or morphine or idealism.

Carl Jung

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Jung, Carl and Aniela Jaffé. Erinnerungen, Träume, Gedanken [Memories, Dreams, Reflections], translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Exlibris, 1962.

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