Us History Quotes
It is only to clear from history that states rarely keep faith with each other, save in so far (and so long) as their promises seem to them to combine with their interests.
The history of economic progress consists of charging a fee for what once was free.
Not only is the destiny of the individual bound up with the entire Church; it is responsible for helping to sanctify the entire world of nature and history.
If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.
When he thought of his history, what resonated with him now was not all that he had suffered but the divine love that he believed had intervened to save him.
Strange when you come to think of it, that of all countless folk who have lived on this planet, not one is known in history or in legend as having died of laughter.
A man who could not see the end of his"provisional existence" was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.
Communism is the riddle of history solved, and it knows itself to be this solution.
The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!
Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.
Millions of tears have fallen for black sons, brothers, lovers, and friends whose assailants took or maimed their lives and then simply went on their way.
When you study history, you're really studying yourself. Every bit of history I've uncovered about my own family has some remnant in myself.
A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful autobiography is likely to mirror less what a man was than what he has become.
Successful revolutions are those which end up by erasing all traces of themselves.
I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush.
It appears history is going to keep happening, despite our hopes for retirement.
De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.
I'm interested in the way in which the past affects the present and I think that if we understand a good deal more about history, we automatically understand a great more about contemporary life.
Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge.
A historian can never claim to have the last word on anything as he is limited by his sources and further so by his viewpoint.
Think of any great man or woman. How can you separate them from the years in which they lived? You can't. Their greatness lies in their response to that moment.
Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much as we think we know.
Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.
The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.
As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination.
To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.
Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority.
In the words of a very famous dead person, 'A nation that does not know its history is doomed to do poorly on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.
History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.
It was not the brutality of what occurred next that changed my mind and brought home to me the full meaning of fear. It was the brilliance of it.
The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought.
My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.
I think the rise of China is one of the great events of all economic and human history, and I think this will be overwhelmingly a positive thing for the region and the world.
To this day, good English usually means the English wealthy and powerful people spoke a generation or two ago.
In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.
Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I look at the history of this music it's always had a lot of positivity.
If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out.
Somewhere, all the people we have loved and lost are still among us, in the house that we call history.