After independence was gained, one of the first Acts…

We must only learn that independence cannot be gained by a rebellion against the constitution of the universe, or by inverting the laws of…

— Paul Carus

Some of the opposition to the national monuments may be ideological. Western ranchers and sportsmen have long complained about what they see as federal…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

The shadow of an exit of Greece from the euro zone takes on ever clearer shape, repeated apparently final attempts to reach a deal…

— Sigmar Gabriel

If you really believe the number one priority of our government is the protection of our people, then the idea of being defenseless against…

— Don Nickles

Government protection should be thrown around every wild grove and forest on the mountains, as it is around every private orchard, and the trees…

— John Muir

“Governments appreciate terrorists, because they provide a good advertisement for the need for government, for its protection. They love wars, because they give government…

— Tom Hodgkinson

I think people should look at learning about Native American history the same as visiting Washington, D.C., and seeing the monuments there. It's all…

— Chaske Spencer

History can be formed from permanent monuments and records; but lives can only be written from personal knowledge, which is growing every day less,…

— Samuel Johnson

When we see the many grave-stones which have fallen in, which have been defaced by the footsteps of the congregation, which lie buried under…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I viewed the station as a place, a terrain where I could put a new architecture in place. The station was, of course, an…

— Gae Aulenti

There's as much chance of repealing the Eighteenth Amendment as there is for a hummingbird to fly to the planet Mars with the Washington…

— Morris Sheppard

The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be…

— George Washington

A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall,…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power, Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to visualize their…

— Shigeru Ban

“My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative evolution. I desire…

— George Bernard Shaw