Centuries Quotes

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For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day. — Chinua Achebe
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life… — Emilie Autumn
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks. — Lord Acton
As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries,… — Cleveland Abbe
Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction. — Charles Baudelaire
We live in a dominant culture of ceaseless Departure and Progress that has so far lasted two or three centuries. — John Berger
For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise… — Annie Besant
Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of studies, attempts, flights… — Andrea Bocelli
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the toil of centuries, gave hundreds… — James Buchan
Knowing that the 'Sex and the City' chicks now rack up almost two centuries between them, why do some of us fuss and hiss about… — Julie Burchill
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts… — Albert Camus
Africa and its people are the most written about and the least understood of all of the world's people. This condition started in the 15th… — John Henrik Clarke
For centuries, New York has served as the gateway for millions of people from all over the world in search of the American dream. It… — Hillary Clinton
Philosophers and theologians have argued for centuries over the morality of targeted assassinations - a technique that the Israelis use with some frequency - without… — Eric Alterman
We (The British) have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy. — Winston Churchill
Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his… — Calvin Coolidge
There is, of course, a legitimate argument for some limitation upon immigration. We no longer need settlers for virgin lands, and our economy is expanding… — John F. Kennedy
James Watt patented his steam engine on the eve of the American Revolution, consummating a relationship between coal and the new Promethean spirit of the… — Jeremy Rifkin

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