Historic Quotes

300 Historic quotes by 263 unique authors

We are involved in a constitution-building process of historic importance. The Convention should mark a new stage in European integration. — Romano Prodi
The variant readings about which any doubt remains among textual critics of the New Testament affect no material question of historic fact or of Christian… — F. F. Bruce
The system of patriarchy is a historic construct; it has a beginning; it will have an end. Its time seems to have nearly run its… — Gerda Lerner
I think the whole, like, cultural diversity and the arty side of London is really, really great. And how it's so historic as well. — Lily Allen
Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard. — Ed Markey
The historic role of the Conservative Party is to use the leverage of its political and diplomatic skills to create a fresh balance between the… — Edward Heath
Neil and Buzz, I am talking to you by telephone from the Oval Office at the White House, and this certainly has to be the… — Richard M. Nixon
For the Archivist, this role is a result of his obligation to preserve and assure timely and maximum access to our governmental records in the… — Allen Weinstein
Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking… — Jeff Bingaman
Homage to Michael Snow's environmental sculpture 'Blind.' The film proposes analogies, in imitation of 3 historic montage styles, for three perceptual modes mimed by that… — Hollis Frampton
Zionism is an abominable, racist and colonial movement. Like all colonial and apartheid systems, it's in the interest of all that it be swept away.… — Vittorio Arrigoni
We in Illinois are very fortunate to have a number of historic structures that have added immeasurably to the cultural life of the state, to… — James R. Thompson
Nearly everyone is aware of dramatic changes in the world. Yet we continue to live in the assumption that we can ride out the changes… — Verlyn Klinkenborg
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I had been an eyewitness to a truly historic moment in American pop culture. — Jean Shepherd
Our view of history diminishes the reality of the past. We concentrate on the historic event as something that has happened, and in so doing… — Ian Mortimer
The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a first step toward a final settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and nearly all… — Lee H. Hamilton
Marriage has got historic, religious and moral content that goes back to the beginning of time and I think a marriage is as a marriage… — Hillary Clinton
For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement. — Mikhail Saakashvili
The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that everything is being… — Walid Jumblatt
One cannot overstate the childishness of the ideas that feed and stir the masses. Real ideas must as a rule be simplified to the level… — Sebastian Haffner
Sometimes, because of its immediacy, television produces a kind of electronic parable. Berlin, for instance, on the day the Wall was opened. Rostropovich was playing… — John Berger
In the past week it has become clear that the vote on the final healthcare bill will be very close. I take this vote with… — Dennis Kucinich
As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in… — Shmuel Yosef Agnon
President Kennedy understood the importance of equal pay for equal work and signed historic legislation that gave women around the country hope that one day… — Rosa DeLauro

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