Character Quote by I. F. Stone Download Open image “History is a tragedy, not a morality tale.” — I. F. Stone ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character History Melodrama Morality Storytelling Tales Tragedy
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race. — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
Textbooks should show that neither morality nor immorality can simply be conferred upon us by history. Merely being part of the United States, without… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed. History is a tale of efforts that failed, or aspirations that weren’t realized . So,… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
You have to take the long view. First, when Moses came down from Mt. Sinai, man has already progressed to the point where a… — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure. — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem. — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie. — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
The arms race is based on an optimistic view of technology and a pessimistic view of man. It assumes there is no limit to… — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had. — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
You've really got to wear a chastity belt in Washington to preserve your journalistic virginity. Once the secretary of state invites you to lunch… — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
The only social justice movements worth fighting for are the struggles for justice where you lose, you lose, you lose- until you win. — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free… — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
If you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie. — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
