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I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even in these egalitarian times.

— Charlton Heston Interview in The Sunday Times (1990)

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Political correctness is tyranny with manners.

Speech at the Harvard Law School (1999)

As an actor, I'm thankful I have lived not one life, but many.

Winning the Cultural War (1999)

Telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can't be far behind.

Sam is the only person I've ever physically threatened on a set.

I have lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I found purpose and meaning in your response.

Winning the Cultural War (1999)

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A generation which ignores history has no past —and no future.

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History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

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If we don’t care about our past we can’t have very much hope for our future.

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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!

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