Louis IX
In A.D. 1226 King Louis IX baned feudal lords from minting money. He also banned them from warring against one another. In addition, King Louis IX declared that his royal courts were the highest authority in the land. Even higher than the feudal courts, which had long held the higher authority.
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It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
Robert F. Kennedy
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Martha Washington in the only woman whose portrait has ever appeared on a US currency note.
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