No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must… — James Harrington Copy Share Image
“The biggest delusion of the oligarch is the thought that the authority wealth offers will outlive the society that gave it to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that a movie can only be an adjunct or only a supplement to books, to different points of view, to… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget? — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
My hero Socrates trained Plato on a rock. How much did that cost? So the greatest minds in history became the greatest… — Dave Brat Copy Share Image
“Again, folks, you've been witness to one of the most seldom seen events in history... I'm Chicken Larson saying good night, sleep… — Jenn Cooksey Copy Share Image
The world wants disarmament, the world needs disarmament. We have it in our power to help fashion future history. — Arthur Henderson Copy Share Image
For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We Americans forget or rewrite even our recent history, and accomplishments of any group not pale and male have tended to get… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
It might be something as simple as saying the right word to the right person at the right time-and that could change… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
When real substantive change happens it's the people who watch your show, they're the ones that make it happen. It's people whose… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
From the beginning of church history, music, writing, literature, and the greatest works of art all came from the church. To change… — Patricia Heaton Copy Share Image
Tell me about your family," I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Look, history is interesting. I read three books on George Washington last year. And my opinion is that if they're still analyzing… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“History is supposed to be an accurate, and full, account of what actually happened. Politics is never about what actually happened. Politics… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I left hurt because I think I fought hard to create a great history at Barcelona. I left with 23 titles in… — Dani Alves Copy Share Image
“Time has wings and it can fly . A second spent wastefully can never be regained, a minute spent wisely is memorable… — Adewale Osunsakin Copy Share Image
"History repeats itself" and "History never repeats itself" are about equally true ... We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances… — G. M. Trevelyan Copy Share Image
I love my people's history. I feel a huge responsibility to tell the stories of my past and my ancestors' past. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
“One of the most unique aspects among many about the USA is that our transitions of 'power' have almost always been peaceful.… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
For no man can write anything who does not think that what he writes is, for the time, the history of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“It took our entire history to actually change the rules of proper female behavior. But those rules were temporarily abandoned whenever the… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
For the first time in human history the psychology that is a prerequisite for intimacy has become the psychology that is a… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
But the thing about 'Narcos' is that in the end, evil does not prevail. In the end, ambition destroys everything that you… — Teresa Ruiz Copy Share Image
The one thing that flies in the face of all human history and experience, is that the government can do a superior… — James Cook Copy Share Image
A friend of mine once said that there were only two truly national events in the history of the United States. One… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
“A person who does not know the history of the last 3,000 years wanders in the darkness of ignorance, unable to make… — Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Copy Share Image
The only thing they [government] want is better data. But data doesn't tell people someone is well educated. It's a vicious circle.… — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
The real history does not get written, because it is not in people's brains but in their nerves and vitals. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
I am not a chess historian - I myself am a piece of chess history, which no one can avoid. I will… — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
Writers of historical fiction are not under the same obligation as historians to find evidence for the statements they make. For us… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“visitors to Andean history note certain ways of doing things that recur in ways striking to the outsider, sometimes in one variant,… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
Whatever conclusions we reach about the reality of God, the history of this idea must tell us something important about the human… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
This is the first time Denmark has ever reached the World Cup finals, so this is the most significant moment in Danish… — John Helm Copy Share Image
Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I think once a year it's good to look back at the history of Oscar and to embrace the great work that… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I was a daydreamer, and there is a lot of history and geography and science I missed out on because I was… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
In my view, photography and painting really share one history. The influences that work on one, work on the other. — Jack Welpott Copy Share Image
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