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"In the nightmare of the dark
All the dogs of Europe bark,
And the living nations wait,
Each sequestered in its hate."
- W.H. AUDEN, In Memory of W.B. Yeats

"When written in Chinese the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." - JOHN F. KENNEDY, speech (1959)

"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation." - JEAN KERR, Please Don't Eat the Daisies

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." - THOMAS PAINE, The American Crisis

"After us the deluge. (Apres nous le déluge.)" - MADAME DE POMPADOUR, attributed (comment reportedly made after the defeat of the French by Frederick

"I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting." - Reagan, Ronald

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