If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in… — Ulrich Beck Copy Share Image
There are a lot of historical novelists who do the research about the clothes and maybe even the eating utensils, but they're… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“Bitter disappointment pushed tears from her eyes. "Now what's wrong? I said you could wear it." She drew in a shaky breath.… — Deeanne Gist Copy Share Image
In the course of writing one historical book or another, it has happened that I could hardly restrain myself from simply copying… — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
Thus, our national circulating medium is now at the mercy of loan transactions of banks, which lend, not money, but promises to… — Irving Fisher Copy Share Image
Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism,… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
Our historical experience teaches us that men imitate one another, that their attitudes are statistically calculable, their opinions manipulable, and that man… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history... The establishment clause has been expressly freighted… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
Until we start attacking the root of the historical problems of discrimination against Indians, and those Indians begin in these stereotypes, that… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
What blinds us, or makes historical progress very difficult, is our lack of awareness that our beliefs have grown obsolete and should… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“The historical periods I like to learn about aren’t so much costume dramas as slasher flicks. The French Revolution is a favorite… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Actually, there is a sense in which polygynous marriage has not been the historical norm - even where polygyny is permitted, multiple… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
We should remember that the Declaration of Independence is not merely a historical document. It is an explicit recognition that our rights… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As we have come to understand the psychology of evil, we have realized that such transformations of human character are not as… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
But though such is our character (Oh. why should I speak of things unfit to be uttered?), the things said of us… — Athenagoras of Athens Copy Share Image
Christ ought to be preached with this goal in mind--that we might be moved to faith in him so that he is… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The Bible itself is a book that constantly must be wrestled with and re-interpreted. ... Bible interpretation is colored by historical context,… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Being a parent gives you historical perspective. You have thoughts about how you fit into a larger generational drama - those who… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
But it became clear as time went on that in Mr. Bush's mind the New World Order was founded on a convergence… — A. M. Rosenthal Copy Share Image
The story in that particular spot was an ancient history story, and we wanted to give it a historical feeling, which was… — Jennifer Yuh Nelson Copy Share Image
I think you just have to turn it around and say we are at this absolute historical moment. No generation has ever… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
[Albert] Camus always insisted that historical criteria and historical reasoning were not the only things to take into account, and that they… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
Man is an historical animal, with a deep sense of his own past; and if he cannot integrate the past by a… — Geoffrey Barraclough Copy Share Image
Possibly the tragedy of the bicycle is that it was invented too close in time to the car. In the historical scheme,… — Richard Ballantine Copy Share Image
I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
If you write a book about a bygone period that lies east of the Mississippi River, then it's a historical novel. If… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history and in the better days… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
A peculiarity of the American historical sensibility allows us to be proud of great-grandfathers (or even grandfathers) who lived in crushing poverty,… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The only Bible-honoring conclusion is, of course, that Genesis 1-11 is actual historical truth, regardless of any scientific or chronological problems thereby… — Henry M. Morris Copy Share Image
My history of the Jesuits is not elegantly written, but is supported by unquestionable authorities, is very particular and very horrible. Their… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We still have too much air and water pollution and we still need to work to reduce it. But we also need… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Writers the most learned, the most accurate in details, and the soundest in tendency, frequently fall into a habit which can neither… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Who authorised the spend of millions of pounds and thousands of man hours into a stale, historical situation from three decades ago… — Jonathan King Copy Share Image
“Like an unfinished symphony, her story played on my mind for most of my life. It would rock to the tune of… — Sally Armstrong Copy Share Image
As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of… — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of liberty is… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
First and foremost, telling historical stories is very tricky because it is something that is known. It is not like you can… — Anthony Hemingway Copy Share Image
There is a moment in the history of every nation, when . . . the perceptive powers reach their ripeness and have… — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
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