It is not often that nations learn from the past even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it. For the… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
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I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid… — Lion Feuchtwanger Copy Share Image
In 1976, I read a book by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and knew immediately that I, too, could write a historical romance. It… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
It was the French Revolution that served as the catalyst of this renovation. Its impact was to make the concept of popular… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
Bourgeois class domination is undoubtedly an historical necessity, but, so too, the rising of the working class against it. Capital is an… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
Cynicism, disillusionment, and a dispiriting sense of purposeless has cast a shadow over American society seriously draining it of any language or… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Looking forward, it might prove constructive to examine the true historical record of an issue prior to assuming the worst of anyone's… — Gary Ackerman Copy Share Image
The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
Everybody needs a fan, and the support and the encouragement. We're human beings; that is an essential part of the equation. When… — Jillian Michaels Copy Share Image
Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
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The time has come for a new immigration commission to develop a new set of reforms to our legal immigration system in… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
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My point is, however, that churches do promote beliefs that would more appropriately find a place in a context of intellectual debate.… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
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We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
This generation, raised on "Eyewitness News," conditioned by the instant replay, and spared the illumination that comes from tedious historical study, tends… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
It often happens that the mind of a person who is learning a new science has to pass through all the phases… — Stanislao Cannizzaro Copy Share Image
Within the stable economy it's necessary to eliminate all forms of sexual discrimination, and to provide women for the first time in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
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Obama prefers to look forward, not back, as he has stated. So at least during his tenure, there will be no reliable… — David K. Shipler Copy Share Image
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![“Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of their most immediate and more powerful neighbors, namely Russia, Turkey and Iran, with China also signaling an increasing political interest in the region…” quote by Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50c/zbigniew-brzezinski-1312_ambition_moreover-they-the-central-asian-republic_2422017.jpg)
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