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## Frederick Russell Burnham quotes

1. > There is nothing that sharpens a man's senses so acutely as to know that bitter and determined enemies are in pursuit of him night and day.

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2. > Under the administration of Rhodes, there were the fewest laws, the widest freedom, the least crime, and the turest justice, that I have ever seen in any part of the world.

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3. > As far as we can look back into history, the downfall of any nation can be traced from the moment that nation became timid about spending its best blood.

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4. > I am more afraid of an army of a hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of a hundred lions led by a sheep.

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