American history Quote by Charles Krauthammer

There has never been an American tragedy. There have only been great failures.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Get off your ass and get down here to fix the goddamn biggest disaster in the nation's history.

— Ray Nagin

No disaster is worse than being discontented.

— Laozi

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster.

— Bertrand Russell

Disaster comes only because of ignorance.

— Judah the Prince

Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.

— Pierre Corneille

Our sense of optimism, our can-do spirit, that's a source of great strength in America. But when there are no limits at all and…

— Peter Beinart

In the past, Americans have brought forth their best in times of crisis.

— Jake Auchincloss

Disaster can take a nation by surprise, slowly, and then all at once.

— David Remnick

“Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear -- kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor -- with the…

— General Douglas MacArthur 1957

The great thing about America is that you can come from the worst circumstances and become something remarkable.

— Robert Greene

Our disasters have been some of the best things that ever happened to us. And what we swore were blessings have been some of…

— Richard Bach