History Shows Quotes

63 History Shows quotes by 52 unique authors

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. — Ambrose Bierce
History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. — Thomas Carlyle
History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested… — B R Ambedkar
History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. — B R Ambedkar
...History shows that ... (people) can be deflected from their natural tendencies by artful propaganda, bogus crises, or other political trickery. — Robert Higgs
History shows us that the people who end up changing the world - the great political, social, scientific, technological, artistic, even sports revolutionaries - are… — John Eliot
Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad starts because somebody does something… — Sylvia Earle
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. — Thomas Jefferson
Our history shows that the death penalty has been unjustly imposed, innocents have been killed by the state, effective rehabilitation has been impaired, judicial administration… — Ramsey Clark
We do not have a plan. They do. History shows that those that plan, anticipate and have a coherent strategy usually win. We are not… — Unknown Author
History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20 percent of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect… — Ronald Reagan
Instead of agitating for war, the Jewish groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among the… — Charles Lindbergh
History shows that the human mind, fed by constant accessions of knowledge, periodically grows too large for its theoretical coverings, and bursts them asunder to… — Charles Darwin
History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to stifle dissent. A… — Glenn Greenwald
Regarding the Economy & Taxation: America's most successful achievers do pay a higher share of the total tax burden. The top one percent income earners… — Rush Limbaugh
History shows that great economic and social forces flow like a tide over communities only half conscious of that which is befalling them. Wise statesmen… — John Stuart Mill
No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. Initially, it is always the countryâ€™s dissidents and marginalized who bear… — Glenn Greenwald
History...shows that even seemingly miraculous advances are in fact the result of many people taking small steps together over a long period of time. — Paul Rogat Loeb
History shows that people often do cast their votes for amorphous reasons-the most powerful among them being the need for change. Just ask Bill Clinton. — Gwen Ifill
Of course killing people is 'wrong', but I think history shows that sometimes it serves the greater good. — Zach Braff

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