The amazing thing since so many variables enter into historical judgments, is not that historians disagree but that they agree as often… — Louis Moreau Gottschalk Copy Share Image
If we hope to stem the mass destruction that inevitably attends our economic system (and to alter the sense of entitlement -… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
Any movement in history which attempts to perpetuate itself, becomes reactionary. — Josip Broz Tito Copy Share Image
One cannot, without reflection, make some into bearers of goodness and others into miscreants, judging them by relative positive or negative criteria.… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
I'm basically an optimist because I do think there's this historical modernisation process, and by and large it's been very beneficial to… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
The Arab world needs to appreciate that legitimate historical claims and modern necessities are what make Israel the homeland of the Jewish… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again.… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
[It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries. — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
Written history may, in the course of its narrative, use some of the laws established by the various sciences, but its own… — Lloyd deMause Copy Share Image
I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time... not just African-American. He… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
By geo-historical standards, today's atmospheric CO2 levels are remarkably - indeed dangerously - low. We need CO2 in the air to support… — Roger Helmer Copy Share Image
If you write a post and put it on a blog, that's a historical document. If you change your template, then that… — Joshua Greenberg Copy Share Image
All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the… — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
The historical order is very interesting, but accidental and capricious; if we would to understand the growth of knowledge, we cannot be… — George Sarton 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
I am worried by the Blessed Virgin’s messages to Lucy of Fatima. This persistence of Mary about the dangers which menace the… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
If you think about the last 50 years, Africa's proximity and historical context has absolutely been with Europe and the United States,… — Dambisa Moyo Copy Share Image
I'm much more conscious of historical events since the '60s. In the '60s, I was insulated by my own addictions, my own… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
The great masquerade of evil has played havoc with all our ethical concepts. For evil to appear disguised as light, charity, historical… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Listening to him tell the story now, it was clear to Adam that Glendower was more than a historical figure to Gansey.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“You were kidnapped not?" "I was kidnapped." "You were forced not into marriage?" "I was forced into marriage." "You want not an… — Deeanne Gist Copy Share Image
What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
When you read a history or biography you are entitled to imagine that it is as accurate as the authors can make… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image