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Historical Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
- In historic events, the so-called great men are labels giving names to events, and like labels they have but the smallest connection with the event…
- Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.
- Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.
- Why does an apple fall when it is ripe? Is it brought down by the force of gravity? Is it because its stalk withers? Because…
- What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person. On what condition…
More Historical Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
- I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
- Anger cannot be dishonest. — Marcus Aurelius
- A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. — Francis Bacon
- The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus… — Lord Acton
- Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. — Douglas Bader
- The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home… — Edward Abbey
- Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease. — Daniel Barenboim
- The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire. — Dave Barry