Argument Quote by Thomas Sowell

Where intellectuals have played a role in history, it has not been so much by whispering words of advice into the ears of political…

— Thomas Sowell

The political left, which holds itself as progressive, rational and fact-based, is becoming an enemy of academic inquiry, and a practitioner of thought control…

— David Limbaugh

We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which…

— Douglas Hurd

Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because…

— Hannah Arendt

It is not primarily ideas that have a history; it is societies. And then what often seem opposed ideas can in the end be…

— Raymond Williams

The displacement of the idea that facts and evidence matter by the idea that everything boils down to subjective interests and perspectives is -…

— Larry Laudan

I don't think the revisionist historians are accurate. I think their agendas are clouded by selfishness and anger and rage.

— Sherman Alexie

People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash…

— Erica Jong

Our job is not to amuse our readers. Our mission is to stir them, inform and inflame them. Our task is to continually hold…

— Tony Auth

“When you enter the realm of politics and ideology, the distinction between opinion and fact starts to cloud, and the stakes become dauntingly high;…

— Michael Hirschorn

When 99% of people doubt your idea, you're either gravely wrong or about to make history.

— Scott Belsky

The community as a whole doesn't listen patiently to critics who adopt alternative viewpoints. Although the great lesson of history is that knowledge develops…

— Walter Gilbert