It was good while it lasted. Consider Norte Dame as history.
It was good while it lasted. Consider Norte Dame as history.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
You may be proved right, but it will not have the same panache of antiquity. The flying buttresses will be merely unneeded decoration.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
To rebuild it as it was would be criminal----as for the flying buttresses---most people would never know--or care that they were mere aesthetic adornment.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis