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Age of Enlightenment: Reason, liberty, and science challenged tradition and reshaped civilization.

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Age of Enlightenment

Thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment

George W. Bush

George W. Bush

1824 – 1900

Politics
701

quotes

George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former U.S. Air Force officer who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party and the eldest son of the 41st president, George H.

I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

1819 – 1901

Politics
10

quotes

Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland

1837 – 1908

Politics
26

quotes

Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He was the first U.S. president to serve nonconsecutive terms and the first Democrat elected president after the American Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

1744 – 1786

Politics
426

quotes

Abraham Lincoln (1809) was the 16th President of the United States, who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery.

The Confederacy stands for slavery and the Union for freedom.

Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

1795 – 1881

Philosophy
402

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Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. Known as the "sage of Chelsea", his writings strongly influenced the intellectual and artistic culture of the Victorian era.

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

1835 – 1910

Literature
327

quotes

Mark Twain (1835) was an American writer and humorist, author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

:"Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

1844 – 1900

Philosophy
270

quotes

German philosopher whose work challenged conventional morality and values.

Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

1780 – 1853

Politics
388

quotes

Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he previously served as the 29th vice president from 1921 to 1923, under President Warren G. Harding, and as the 48th governor of Massachusetts from 1919 to 1921.

...combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China.