Indeed, only one Supreme Court justice in history, one Horace Lurton, nominated by President [John] Taft, had more federal appeals court experience… — Jon Kyl Copy Share Image
Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
My big subject as a historian is how Americans divide themselves. What are the divisions that structure our political lives. Richard Nixon… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
And I think right now I'm just enjoying finding something such as One Weekend a Month where I can really resonate with… — Renee O'Connor Copy Share Image
“We should not delude ourselves into thinking that our historical narratives, as commonly constructed, are anything more than retrofits.” — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
There are other people who think they know everything and it goes back to the same formula, but I'm not with them.… — Giggs Copy Share Image
Distorted history boasts of bellicose glory... and seduces the souls of boys to seek mystical bliss in bloodshed and in battles. — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“So much of what we imagine to be the testimony of reason or the clear and unequivocal evidence of our senses is… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
Human history can be viewed as a slowly dawning awareness that we are members of a larger group Groups of people from… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
From our human experience and history, at least as far as I am informed, I know that everything essential and great has… — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I really discovered I had thyroid disease by accident. My son was having some health concerns, and as I filled out his… — Kim Alexis Copy Share Image
“Martin Luther King Jr. was the greatest movement leader in American history. But, as Hillary Clinton once correctly pointed out, his efforts… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
“Why did people ignore the lessons of history and their own senses, deny a law of life immutable as the seasons, and… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
The history of clothing practices provides guidance for fashioning a new ethic that emphasizes quality over quantity, longevity over novelty, and versatility… — Juliet B. Schor Copy Share Image
The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
With virtually no knowledge of or interest in history, the masses simply take their unprecedented high living standards under capitalism for granted. — Ralph Raico Copy Share Image
Typically, an historic site is considered by the National Park Service to contain a single historical feature, while generally a National Historic… — Rick Renzi Copy Share Image
The sounds of people drowning are something that I can not describe to you, and neither can anyone else. It's the most… — Eva Hart Copy Share Image
An important document of the paper of record at a crucial, make-or-break juncture in its long, glorious history, and a love letter… — Nathan Rabin Copy Share Image
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. Thats why we call it the present — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“… I kiss Allyson. I complete the history that came before us, and in doing so, begin one all of our own.… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
What would become of all historical biography if it was written only with consideration for other peoples' feelings? — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
I think more than any point in history... part of the job of the White House press secretary is to rebuild trust… — Jen Psaki Copy Share Image
The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
“Humans, even nomadic ones, need a sense of home. Home need not be one place or any place at all, but every… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
Well, some people say I'm pessimistic because I recognize the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“We could easily have been abject strangers with no history of brief unsatisfying cinematic sex between us.” — T.R. Pearson Copy Share Image
“You can't start over. There's no such thing as starting over. There's only history. And right now you're making tomorrow's history. So… — Jill Davis Copy Share Image
“These things happen. And we say to ourselves, “Never again.” And a hundred years pass. And they happen. Again.” — Qntm Copy Share Image
As an artist, I think it is important for us to mark places in history where we have made progress, to celebrate… — Michael Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I came up in Australia and I was really lucky that straight out of school I was hired in a play. It… — Ashley Zukerman Copy Share Image
When vital interests are at stake, countries are invariably willing to suffer great pain to ensure their security. There is no reason… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
This is where you and I are headed… Look for us in history books and you'll find us in the margins. Look… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
It is not a sin to introduce a personal bias that can be recognized and discounted. The sin in historical composition is… — Herbert Butterfield Copy Share Image
“When Lincoln was asked if God was on the Union’s side, Lincoln’s unvarying response was that what was really important was whether… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Metropolitan Museum has all of our collections online, all our scholarly publications and catalogues since 1965. We have online features like… — Thomas P. Campbell Copy Share Image
I've got a long history of suicid in my family; the good news is it skips a generation, so, if I'm lucky,… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image