"Peter the Great" by Robert Massie. I read it when I was about 16, then went out and got a degree in Russian History. Not that I use it much now, but it looks good on a resume, I guess. Peter is still on my wish list of 3 people to have dinner with.
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin
"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo
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