I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college.… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
There are hundreds of millions of people around the globe who could safely repay loans but nonetheless do not have access to… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement.… — Mary Harris Jones Copy Share Image
One baby is a patient baby, and waits indefinitely until its mother is ready to feed it. The other baby is an… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
Prophetic of infidel times, and indicating the unsoundness of our general education, 'The Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation', has started… — David Brewster Copy Share Image
The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
But the sages of Greece and Rome turned aside from the awful spectacle, and, pursuing the ordinary occupations of life and study,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Being an Armenian is a merciless task and a heroic enterprise. It is a commandment, a mission, and a destiny that history… — Keri Topouzian Copy Share Image
Darwin's book is very important and serves me as a basis in natural science for the class struggle in history. One has… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
“Then we will do two things," Penumbra says, nodding. "First, I will tell you just a little of our history. Then, to… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Once you get into this great stream of history you can't get out. You can drown. Or you can be pulled ashore… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I believe the example of the Zapatistas is a very relevant historical example. I would say it is one of the forms… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
While researching my first book, I discovered so many fascinating tidbits that I wanted to share them with readers to remind them… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
“In the popular folklore of American history, there is a sense in which the founders’ various achievements in natural philosophy—Franklin’s electrical experiments,… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
“The frontier will nevertheless survive in the attitudes a few of us inherited from it. One of those attitudes--to me a beatitude--is… — Shirley Abbott Copy Share Image
“History is replete with rulers who maintained stability at the cost of justice, humanity and morality. Everyone from Adolf Hitler to Saddam… — Sidin Vadukut Copy Share Image
“In fact, a lot of life is hopeless today, even for middle-class kids. I mean, for the first time in I think… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Few developments central to the history of art have been so misrepresented or misunderstood as the brief, brave, glorious, doomed life of… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
How can even the best novelist or playwright invent someone like Augustus Caesar or Catherine the Great, Galileo or Florence Nightingale? How… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
“The two came to differ on many, if not most, issues. But the man who would single-handedly defy Hitler in 1940 against… — Arthur Herman Copy Share Image
Throughout the history of the Internet, most of the innovation has come as a by-product of efforts to facilitate communication within social… — John Quiggin Copy Share Image
