Historical Quotes · Page 32

The United Nations is the greatest fraud in history. Its purpose is to destroy the United States.

— John E. Rankin

I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the…

— Salman Rushdie

... All that we may ever hope to establish in historical research are facts and conditions but never causes.

— Otto E. Neugebauer

I'm fascinated by delving into the historical context of what life was like in the past.

— Sophie Rundle

We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current…

— Douglas Coupland

It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies.

— Antonia Fraser

You can never deny the immense talent, rock credibility and iconic historical contribution that Van Halen made.

— Steve Vai

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.

— Kevin Kelly

We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take…

— William J. Clinton

“President Bo Haydn was bent over the Resolute desk, snoring gently with the tip of his nose submerged in a half-eaten bowl…

— James Allen Moseley

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

As far as benefits to reading historical novels, there are several! For one thing, you learn about life in another era. Secondly,…

— Mary Pope Osborne

"Tiger is a natural kind" and "Tiger is a historical particular" are incompatible with each other, and evolutionary biology provides a reason…

— Elliott Sober

History teaches that when valuations are extreme, "mean reversion," a move towards historical norms, is likely. Once value stocks turn, the recovery…

— Robert D. Arnott

“As long as it makes you happy. For the rest of my life, I will do whatever it takes to ensure it.…

— Renee Vincent

The old always think the world is getting worse; it is for the young, equipped with historical facts, to point out that,…

— Hilary Mantel

The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical.…

— Rick Santorum

At least I've had to come to that in my life, to realize that this stuff called failure, this stuff, this debris…

— Joy Harjo

Why does an apple fall when it is ripe? Is it brought down by the force of gravity? Is it because its…

— Leo Tolstoy

Christianity is actually "true Truth," as Francis Schaeffer used to put it. God really does exist, Heaven actually is real (along with…

— Greg Koukl

“Percy, you are dismissed from my service." "Me? Why, my lord?" "Why? Because, Percy, far from being a fit consort for a…

— Richard Curtis

I think a lot of my interest in history now isn't so much in places and names and texts and public figures,…

— Sufjan Stevens

[Hillary Clinton] sort of very cautious kind of uncomfortable, clumsy interaction with the black lives movement, who are very smart in recognizing…

— Henry Giroux

Einstein and the Quantum is delightful to read, with numerous historical details that were new to me and cham1ing vignettes of Einstein…

— Daniel Kleppner

Nobody respects a country with a poor army, but everybody respects a country with a good army. I raise my toast to…

— Joseph Stalin

Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction...transcends the historical thriller.

— Jeffery Deaver

“Her breath caught when his erection shot to rigid. "Merciful Father, Ye're like a stallion with a mare in heat.”

— Amy Jarecki

[We need] to keep immigration levels measured by population share within historical norms.

— Donald Trump

For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to…

— August Wilson

My friends in prison were mostly women more like myself: not historical figures who I did not relate to as peers, but…

— Patricia McConnell

So-called racial characteristics are not really racial at all but are due to the historical experiences of the communities in question.

— Arnold J. Toynbee

Abandoned by philosophy, politics, and sociology, historical determinism continues to hold out in formalist art criticism.

— Harold Rosenberg

Your woodlot is, in fact, an historical document which faithfully records your personal philosophy.

— Aldo Leopold

“These trials aren't about revenge. They're about justice. Don't you want justice , Rose Justice?”

— Elizabeth Wein

For many women, the experience of prostitution stems from the historical trauma of colonization.

— Melissa Farley

Christianity is a very historical religion - it makes specific claims that are open to testing.

— Lee Strobel

In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote…

— Karl Marx

The recalcitrant forces in the historical drama have a power and persistence beyond our reckoning.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

For both art and the historical sciences are modes of experiencing in which our own understanding of existence comes directly into play.

— Hans-Georg Gadamer

There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in…

— Jeffrey Deitch