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The fortified towns of the Hurons were all on the side exposed to Iroquois incursions.
— Francis Parkman
Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Spanish civilization crushed the Indian. English civilization scorned and neglected him. French civilization embraced and cherished him.
— Francis Parkman
You cannot be happy until you understand that life is sad
— Pearl S. Buck
The most momentous and far-reaching question ever brought to issue on this continent was: Shall France remain here, or shall she not?
— Francis Parkman
Versailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full.
— Francis Parkman
I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.
— Mary Douglas
Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.
— Francis Parkman
A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas.
— Francis Parkman
I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.
— Brian Selznick
Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.
— Francis Parkman
Humanity, morality, decency, might be forgotten, but codfish must still be had for the use of the faithful in Lent and on fast days.
— Francis Parkman
Dogwood Blues by Brenda Sutton Rose is a masterful work of classic small-town fiction.
— Janice Daugharty
Fighters used to be afraid of the Russians, Cubans but then I'd figure them out and figure out how to beat them.
— Lennox Lewis
If you don't need God to pull off what you are planning, you are not dreaming big enough.
— Michael Hyatt
Only a relationship with Christ can satisfy our hearts. Without Him we have nothing. With Him we have all things to enjoy.
— David Jeremiah
France built its best colony on a principle of exclusion, and failed; England reversed the system, and succeeded.
— Francis Parkman
We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph's trail.
— Francis Parkman
In the middle of the sixteenth century, Spain was the incubus of Europe. Gloomy and portentous, she chilled the world with her baneful shadow.
— Francis Parkman
Desire awakens only to things that are thought possible.
— Rene Descartes
America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.
— Francis Parkman
