Doe Quote by James R. Thompson Download Open image “An important part of what the state does is preserving its history.” — James R. Thompson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Doe History Important States
The State is only one of the forms assumed by society in the course of history. Why then make no distinction between what is… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
History is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position. — Allan Nevins Copy Share Image
State control is important for the people who have always been excluded from the claims of social and economic development. — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
The State is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behavior; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving… — Gustav Landauer Copy Share Image
The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Even if published in written form, history, it is argued, is not embedded as a memory at an individual level: it has to be… — Suzanne Keene Copy Share Image
History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. Persons and classes have sought to win possession of the power of the State in… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
I'm a historian, I think history matters, but we don't have to be slavish in following it and restoring it, — Jack Granatstein Copy Share Image
“The State is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving… — Gustav Landauer Copy Share Image
History is a process of transformation through conversation. In our efforts to produce change,we often forget how important it is to pay attention to… — Humberto Maturana Copy Share Image
The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
We in Illinois are very fortunate to have a number of historic structures that have added immeasurably to the cultural life of the state,… — James R. Thompson Copy Share Image
At Texas A&M you learn first to follow, then to develop and practice your leadership skills, and finally you become someone others want to… — James R. Thompson Copy Share Image
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Sometimes a sign or a quote is simply interesting by itself and does not require anything beyond being framed on a page. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery.… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does,… — Alice Englert Copy Share Image
