Great Quote by Dick Cavett

History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time.

— Richard Lamm

“A nation that fails to recognize and appreciate history is destined for decay.”

— Mark Mortensen

One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been good, bad or indifferent?

— Leon Kass

History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness,…

— Walter Bagehot

The characteristic danger of great nations, like the Romans or the English which have a long history of continuous creation, is that they may…

— Walter Bagehot

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when…

— Anonymous

Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune.

— Raymond Queneau

“Therefore, I wish to say it again: The biggest story of the last fifteen years, both nationally and globally, is the growing likelihood that…

— Tyler Cowen

I think I'm much more interested in longevity than in being the world's greatest anything.

— Jani Lane

And me, myself personally, in order for there to be any kind of longevity there's gotta be some history.

— Edwin Starr

While the nation that has dared to be great, that has had the will and the power to change the destiny of the ages,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“No powerful nation can truly last forever, no matter how inpersanistic”

— Eiríka Krogsæter