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The history of Chechnya is one of imperialism gone terribly wrong. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Chechens were among the few peoples to fend… — Stephen Kinzer
For the past few centuries, we have defined beauty as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin. — Cameron Russell
Witches were burned and killed in Scotland and England for centuries before what happened in Salem. — Janet Montgomery
The roots of our statehood go back more than two millennia and two centuries to the origins of the Hun Empire. Building upon the legacies… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Freedom was the desire of our people throughout centuries. Freedom enabled our people to be owners of their destiny. — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Damascus was the seat of the Ummayad Caliphate in the 7th and 8th centuries. — Richard Engel
Before the rise of the nation-state, between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, the world was mostly tribal. Tribes were united by language, religion, blood, and… — Robert Reich
Centuries-old habitats such as coral gardens are destroyed in an instant by bottom trawls, pulverized by weighted nets into barren plains. And global carbon dioxide… — Ted Danson
Jesus was not born in a manger in central Pennsylvania. He was a man of color. And the fact that we have represented him for… — Tim Wise
Chiapas has had its problems for many centuries. The different Indian tribes that live there have always fought among themselves. — Ricardo Salinas Pliego
History is not a long series of centuries in which men did all the interesting/important things and women stayed home and twiddled their thumbs in… — Tansy Rayner Roberts
Sacred texts give no specific depiction of God, so for centuries, artists and filmmakers have had to choose their own visual depiction. — Ridley Scott
We read that Adam and Methuselah lived so many centuries; at that time, it was the custom to marry in the family - marry as… — Max Heindel
Smart people often talk trash about happiness and worse than trash about books on happiness, and they have been doing so for centuries - just… — Amy Bloom
Like the other great revolutions, an environmental revolution will require sacrifices and lead to enormous gains. It, too, will change the face of the land… — Donella Meadows
The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were two centuries ahead of us… — Madison Smartt Bell
There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to… — Walter Lippmann
Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is… — Comte de Lautreamont
For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. — H. L. Mencken
Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries. — Baldwin Spencer
I thought that in general we in the United States were too optimistic in believing that the Soviets might alter what had been for a… — David K. E. Bruce
One aspect of this is the way we have come during recent centuries to appreciate that the world and indeed the very universe in which… — John G. D. Clark
The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries to come the same course to destruction as did Rome. — Robert W. Welch, Jr.
Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now any microchip device can be in use around the world… — Dee Hock
Over the past few years, many of us have increasingly begun to question the direction and meaning of our society as it has developed over… — Alex Campbell

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