Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory. — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
[The historical] development in the international system may almost be defined as the process by which we pass from stable war to… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
A ruin is not just something that happened long ago to someone else; its history is that of us all, the transience… — George Schaller Copy Share Image
We need a war every 10 years, so we can stay match fit in case the Germans try again. — Al Murray Copy Share Image
Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease. — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks. — Roger Caras Copy Share Image
Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long run a net result of zero — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“Hot-blooded men make war. It’s up to cool-headed queens like us to make the peace.” — Mark Noce Copy Share Image
Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned. — Nancy Duarte Copy Share Image
“He turned to look at her. "We've some talking to do." "Didn't we do that on the plane ride over here?" "I… — Donna Grant Copy Share Image
The progressive historical role of capitalism may be summed up in two brief propositions: increase in the productive forces of social labour,… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
On several occasions, we are informed that the professional ideal 'took steps', 'organised assaults', and 'selected social problems'. But this is anthropomorphic… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
The works of the creative spirit last, they are essentially imperishable, while the world-stirring historical activities of even the most eminent men… — Bruno Walter Copy Share Image
I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
“They were orphans of war, washed up on that little island in a tide of blood. What made them amazing wasn't that… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
I'm trapped in a fun-house mirror reflection of a historical society where everyone was crazy by default, driven mad by irrational laws… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
The future of nations cannot be frozen . . . cannot be foreseen. If we are going to accomplish anything in our… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The two basic maxims of the so-called historical criticism are the postulate of the common and the axiom of the ordinary. Postulate… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
I'm not entirely sure what a historical novel absolutely has to be, but you don't want a reader who loves a very… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
“Charlotte Richmond says of herself: “I have few ladylike accomplishments. I cannot sing, I cannot draw, I cannot play the pianoforte or… — Nicola Slade Copy Share Image
I will say that adapting a character like Da Vinci really wasn't that dissimilar from doing Batman or Superman. Because all three… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
There are historical analogs, which are not exact, of course, but are close enough to be worrisome. This is a whiff of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I have found on Alpha that those from an essentially enlightened background feel at home with the parts of the course which… — Nicky Gumbel Copy Share Image
The honest and serious student of American history will recall that our Founding Fathers managed to write both the Declaration of Independence… — Clarence Manion Copy Share Image
Sarah, there's a government inside the government, and I don't control it. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true. — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
If Christianity needed an Anti-Christ, they needed look no farther than Paul. — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
With a rumble and a roar, an iron curtain is descending on Russian history. — Vasily Rozanov Copy Share Image
Most of the great results of history are brought about by discreditable means. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image