Century Ago Quotes

51 Century Ago quotes by 47 unique authors

And the annual meetings of the League's Assembly are in effect official peace congresses binding on the participating states to an extent that most statesmen… — Hjalmar Branting
A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as… — James Buchan
Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights… — David Cameron
The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph… — Noam Chomsky
It was basic research in the photoelectric field-in the photoelectric effect that would one day lead to solar panels. It was basic research in physics… — Barack Obama
As government regulations grow slowly, we become used to the harness. Habit is a powerful force, and we no longer feel as intensely as we… — Robert Bork
The feminist anti-pornography movement, no less than the feminist movement of a century ago, encourages the assumption that male and female sexuality, and possibly morality,… — Barbara Ehrenreich
The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt. — Henry George
Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that the retreat to… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I understand how difficult it can be for an African-American in todayâ€™s society. In fact, I can relate to black people very well indeed. My… — Mitt Romney
It is easy to forget, since the Catholic Church is now the only large American religious denomination whose ecclesiastical hierarchy continues to oppose birth control,… — Susan Jacoby
The actual atoms and molecules that make up my brain and body today are not the same ones that I was born with on September… — Michael Shermer
Latinos have fought in all of Americaâ€™s wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq,… — Joe Baca
The book I am best known for, or only known for, is a novel I am prepared to repudiate: written a quarter of a century… — Anthony Burgess
Home-based businesses are one of the fastest-growing segments in our economy, and that trend will only continue, as the age of the corporation, which began… — Paul Zane Pilzer
A half century ago Herbert Wechsler could justify the legal right of deadly force self-defense in terms of the "universal judgment that there is no… — Don Kates
Yes, business really does change. 400 years ago, corporations were formed by royal decree. 300 years ago, many countries were powered by slave labour, or… — Umair Haque
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. The ordinary person today lives better than a king did a century ago but… — Gustave Flaubert
The first modern propaganda agency was the British Ministry of Information a century ago, which secretly defined its task as to direct the thought of… — Noam Chomsky
A. Douglas Stone, a physicist who has spent his life using quantum mechanics to explore striking new phenomena, has turned his considerable writing skills to… — Unknown Author

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