Degradation Quote by E. O. Wilson

The assumption that rigidly rejecting words and phrases that have existed for centuries will have much impact on public attitudes is rather dubious.

— Kay Redfield Jamison

We have learned from history that change is never easy, that it usually doesn't look pretty, especially in today's politically-charged environment where intent and…

— Cris Carter

“The people we find truly anathema are the ones who reduce the past to caricature and distort it to fit their own bigoted stereotypes.…

— Sarah A. Chrisman

History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it

— Terry Pratchett

“But everything we see or hear offensive to our feelings and derogatory to the human character should lead to other reflections than those of…

— Thomas Paine

We can be revisionist, and that's a good thing to be at times, but we shouldn't airbrush our history, so we can only make…

— Gerry Adams

A major danger in using highly abstractive methods in political philosophy is that one will succeed merely in generalizing one's own local prejudices and…

— Raymond Geuss

Popular struggles to bring about a freer and more just society have been resisted by violence and repression, and massive efforts to control opinion…

— Noam Chomsky

History isn't like that. History unravels gently, like an old sweater. It has been patched and darned many times, reknitted to suit different people,…

— Terry Pratchett

Between Trump's election and Brexit, there were all sorts of opinions coming out of the woodwork that I thought had died out a long…

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to…

— Howard Zinn

The problem is when you try to impose today's standards on people living back then. It's the politically correct thing to do, but it…

— Dick Clark