Nicholas Murray Butler
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"Nicholas Murray Butler" was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He became so well known and respected that The New York Times printed his Christmas greeting to the nation every year.

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Necessity does the work of courage.

Those people who think only of themselves, are hopelessly uneducated. They are not educated, no matter how instructed they may be.

America is the best half-educated country in the world.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.

One of the embarrassments of being a gentleman is that you are not permitted to be violent in asserting your rights.

Many peoples' tombstones should read 'Died at 30, burried at 60.'