I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One important part of historical recording is to get people of another generation to understand the feelings, the passion that went into… — Alix Kates Shulman Copy Share Image
Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he's also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Students of American glass must always keep in mind that the creations they collect are truly examples of our American culture... and… — James Lafferty Copy Share Image
History, well taught, is the demythologising of the past... Take any important issue of our time - Northern Ireland, Nuclear Disarmament, Race,… — Alan Bullock Copy Share Image
Each time the dharma moved into a different civilization or historical period, it faced a twofold challenge: to maintain its integrity as… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
The problem is, even when we preach the Gospel correctly, then we go to this thing on how to invite men and… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
That public men publish falsehoods Is nothing new. That America must accept Like the historical republics corruption and empire Has been known… — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
Our teaching of mathematics revolves around a fundamental conflict. Rightly or wrongly, students are required to master a series of mathematical concepts… — Ian Stewart Copy Share Image
“She was in big trouble now. "You stupid man," she said to the body on the floor. "Why did you have to… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
NEU!'s music will always ("für immer") be a part of me and I absolutely stand to what we've created. Of course I… — Michael Rother Copy Share Image
In the course of history, all empires have been created with premeditation, by an effort often sustained over several generations. Every power… — Andre Malraux Copy Share Image
In China the struggle to consolidate the socialist system, the struggle to decide whether socialism or capitalism will prevail, will still take… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“Where are you going?" "To get my Bible." "Right now? You can't get your Bible out right now! I'm, I'm, we're just… — Deeanne Gist Copy Share Image
Human beings can be redeemed. Empires cannot. Our refusal to face the truth about empire, our refusal to defy the multitudinous crimes… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Hypostatized into a ritual pattern, Marxian theory becomes ideology. But its content and function distinguish it from classical forms of ideology; it… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
Just now one of the significant historical roles of the primal people of the world is not simply to sustain their own… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
The supremacy of public opinion determines not only the singular role that economics occupies in the complex of thought and knowledge. It… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Marxism must abhor nothing so much as the possibility that it becomes congealed in its current form. It is at its best… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with… — Salman Khurshid Copy Share Image
In historical messianism, the reign of the Messiah is brought about by a Jewish ruler powerful enough to gather the Jewish exiles… — David Novak Copy Share Image
The tea party saved the Republican Party. In a broad sense, the tea party rescued it from being the fat, unhappy, querulous… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
For me, it's always difficult when a historical film claims to depict or represent a reality that none of us can know,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Natalie Bakopoulos has that rare gift, the ability to imagine a traumatic historical event in the form of individual lives and ordinary… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
“When King John was angry, he threw himself down and rolled the floor, yelling and chewing the expensive oriental rugs that Crusaders… — James Daugherty Copy Share Image
I've been collecting photographs since I don't know when, for a long time, for different reasons. You can find them on eBay… — Thomas Ruff Copy Share Image
And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars - all over Europe, all over the world. "Sometimes in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I research the role, and if it's a literary character, I read the book, and if it's an historical figure, I research… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
Paul's lack of concern with the historical Jesus is not due, as some have argued, to his emphasis on Christological rather than… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests, combined in… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Indian food has been huge in the UK forever and ever, but that's because it has a historical rooting. America, I think… — Aarti Sequeira Copy Share Image
The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
Although there is a very large literature, still growing almost daily, on the Chinese calendar, its interest is, we suggest, much more… — Joseph Needham Copy Share Image
In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on… — Dick Thornburgh Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by failure, and I'm fascinated by finality. Shakespeare's historical plays are more universal than his comedies because they relate to… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
“How does a woman gain such wisdom in only twenty-nine years?” Gordon asked, escorting her across the lawns toward the mansion. “The… — Patricia Grasso Copy Share Image
