18th century Quote by Niall Ferguson

Although the stories are very present in my book, and very present in my mind, what I was most interested in was the question…

— Marina Warner

The vast majority of those of Scots lineage living in the Ulster counties in the 18th century had come across, or their people had…

— Tom Devine

The writer I feel the most affinity with - you said you felt my books are 19th century novels, I think they're 18th century…

— Jonathan Coe

I define the terms "founding fathers" and "founders" broadly to include an entire generation or two of Americans from many walks of life who,…

— Daniel L Dreisbach

“One legislator accused me of having a 19th-century attitude on law and order. That is a totally false charge. I have an 18th-century attitude.…

— Anonymous

I try to find a style that matches the book. In the Baroque Cycle, I got infected with the prose style of the late…

— Neal Stephenson

Growing up as a black kid with a white father who loves you, who affirms you, who was part of your life is fundamentally…

— Benjamin Jealous

The theory of social contracts extends as far back as Plato. However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke, Thomas Hobbes,…

— Simon Mainwaring

Newt Gingrich wants to repeal child labor laws. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the man that we need to lead us into the 18th…

— David Letterman

Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived. What was…

— David Starkey

By 18th century standards, they [Great Britain] were the freest, most dynamic, most willing to challenge tradition and authority. They had the highest wages…

— Charles R. Morris

The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was written. One timeless lesson…

— Anthony Kennedy