Henry Dunant quotes
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“I was a mere tourist with no part whatever in this great conflict; but it was my rare privilege, through an unusual train of circumstances, to witness the moving scenes that I have resolved to describe. In these pages I give only my personal impressions; so my readers should not look here for specific details, nor for information on strategic matters; these things have their place in other writings.”
-- Henry DunantSource : "A Memory of Solferino". Book by Henry Dunant, p. 16; As quoted in The Independent, February 22, 2002, 1862.
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“Why could not advantage be taken of a time of relative calm and quiet to investigate and try to solve a question of such immense and worldwide importance, both from the humane and Christian stand-point?”
-- Henry DunantSource : "A Memory of Solferino". Book by Henry Dunant, p. 66, 1862.
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“By Thy power, let there be peace, O God!”
-- Henry DunantSource : "A Memory of Solferino". Book by Henry Dunant, p. 11, 1862.
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Source : Interview with Jason Zingale, www.bullz-eye.com. March 26, 2008.
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“My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”
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Source : "Ştiinţa antisemitismului ("The Science of Anti-Semitism")". "Apararea Nationala" ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922.
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Source : "The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939". Book by A. J. P. Taylor, "The Radical Tradition: Fox, Paine, and Cobbett", p. 14, 1957.
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