Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of… — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the… — Karl Liebknecht Copy Share Image
Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference… — Frederick Jackson Turner Copy Share Image
From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“The best historical stories capture the modern imagination because they are, in many senses, still current - part of a continuum.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
For the first time in history, the human species as a whole has gone into politics. Everyone is in the act, and… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
With period dramas, it's very easy to get excited because I love to do them. I'm a history nut and I love… — Clive Standen Copy Share Image
“We spend more per pupil than any other country, but among industrialized nations, American students rank near the bottom in science and… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
“The prevailing taste of the public for anecdote has been censured and ridiculed by critics, who aspire to the character of superior… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
“The history of Immanuel Kant's life is difficult to portray, for he had neither life nor history. He led a mechanical, regular,… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
“Throughout history we humans have struggled to find meaning in the awesome contradiction of our human condition. Neither philosophy, nor psychology nor… — Jeremy Griffith Copy Share Image
I am myself persuaded, on the basis of extensive study of the historical evidence, that... the severity of each of the contractions… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Most people experience history as one damn fact after another in high school. But if you can wonder, "Wow, what if the… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
“Nationalism as a thesis confuses (almost always deliberately) certain legitimate desires with illegitimate ones. People like to run their own affairs, and… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
Throughout our history each and every generation has expanded upon the freedoms won by their parents and grandparents. Each and every generation… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
I performed in high school for Black History Month at a talent show, but besides that I didn't have the resources to… — Saweetie Copy Share Image
Eighteen years doing this, my friend. Eighteen years - combat sport. I think you will not find this in history, I believe. — Vitor Belfort Copy Share Image
I got to have about 15 minutes with Michelle Obama, and that was a big deal because you're like, 'Wow, I'm part… — Ross Mathews Copy Share Image
We ought not to endeavor to revise history according to our latter day notions of what things ought to have been, or… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The same president who has insisted that core moralism drives him has brought America to its lowest moral standing in history. — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“As I worked to rebuild the ghost town I had made, I felt keenly that my failure to help Timothy was really… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I absolutely love my job. I feel so privileged: I get to travel the world, I get to witness history... and I'm… — Clarissa Ward Copy Share Image
“Thus, one way to consolidate power is to reinvigorate history issues and generate popular animosity towards Japan.” — Naval Postgraduate School Copy Share Image
Liberals in blue states just think that they are on the right side of history, and anybody that disagrees with them has… — Andrew Breitbart Copy Share Image
President Trump has harnessed the fear and prejudice that have accompanied every wave of immigrants in United States history, and stoked those… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
I have read H.P. Lovecraft, and I understand why he has influenced so much of horror writing. But because of his history,… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history. — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Fate has to do with events in history that are the summary and unintended results of innumerable decisions of innumerable men. — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
The conversation seemed just as boring and forgettable as details of American history around 1805, for example. — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
“For most of human history, myths have survived through changing times because they did not demand to be seen as a literal… — Jonah Sachs Copy Share Image
History uses a unit of measure for time that is different from that of the lifespan of the individual, whereas man is… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
What are your historical Facts still more your biographical Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The story of the Khazar Empire, as it slowly emerges from the past, begins to look like the most cruel hoax which… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
It is supposed to true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. I don't believe knowing can… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
We have a historic opportunity to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in Iran, and to do so peacefully, with the international… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When I reflect on the issues that black Hollywood has had with the lack of representation at the Oscars, I realized that… — Usher Copy Share Image
I prefer home-schooling because you can work at your own pace and go towards more what you're interested in, whether it be… — Q'orianka Kilcher Copy Share Image
I just think 'Law & Order' is the gold standard. History is going to show that it's probably one of the best… — Dennis Farina Copy Share Image
