A people armed and free, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition and is a bulwark for the nation against foreign… — James Madison Copy Share Image
History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
Cases of genocide carried out as policy may be found in historical documents as well as in the oral histories of Indigenous… — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Copy Share Image
Nothing is easier to teach than historical method, but, when learned, it has little use. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
[In Bolivia] We want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
The trouble with the Socialist Workers Party is that they live in an historical thermos-flask. — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Yet the companions of the Muses will keep their collective nose in my books And weary with historical data, they will turn… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“The beauty of a woman is that no two are the same. They are all different. It follows then that to be… — Shane K.P. O'Neill Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray… — Kim Campbell Copy Share Image
Most romances aren't swept aside by big historical events. Most romances in the history of the world fall apart because of other,… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
Blending consensus historical events and personages with imaginary occult forces is a strong recipe for counterfactual storytelling goodness that combines the best… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
We want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us back together… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
If, occasionally, historical evidence does not square with formulated laws, it should be remembered that a law is but a deduction from… — Immanuel Velikovsky Copy Share Image
The ones that were relevant while I wrote my book were books like "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, which is based on a… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
Secondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Our historical bequest is sublime. I have inherited a fragmented but highly creative exile and, since 1948, a home. I don't know… — Bernice Rubens Copy Share Image
In place of the old beliefs of a civilization based on godliness, judgment and historical loyalty, young people are given the new… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
What are the facts? Again and again and again – what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is one of the ironies of religious history that many mortals err in their understanding of the nature of God and… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share Image
When a spectator approaches a painting with his own particular set of filters or theories, be they historical, political, intellectual or whatever… — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
It is very clear from the historical record that without British help neither Wahhabism nor the House of Saud would be in… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
I think the important thing is to realize that the establishment of a democracy is sometimes a messy thing and it takes… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
The hero, therefore, is the man or woman who has been able to battle past his personal and local historical limitations. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human… — Helen Cam Copy Share Image
[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that fails to… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
It is highly probable that the bulk of the Jew's ancestors 'never' lived in Palestine 'at all,' which witnesses the power of… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
The bank hath benefit of interest on all moneys which it creates out of nothing. — William Paterson Copy Share Image
The functional language is a radically anti-historical language: operational rationality has little room and little use for historical reason. — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
All the spookiness comes from giving a contemporary anachronistic sense to terms whose historical meaning is lost to us. — Frederick C. Beiser Copy Share Image
[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
History is a mighty dramos, enacted upon the theatre of times, with suns for lamps and eternity for a background. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Historical accuracy often fell victim when it came to matters of political or religious convenience.” — H. L. Tinsley Copy Share Image
In order to experience and understand what it means to be a Christian, it is always necessary to recognize a definite historical… — Johann Baptist Metz Copy Share Image
And that is how we intend to destroy the enemy!" The superior shakes his head wearily. "Young man, the Soviets are our… — David Frum Copy Share Image
And I'd like to say to the Senate, I hope you will say yes to a stronger American democracy in the year 2000. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image