"The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy."

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"The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy."

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"The history of man is a must read poetry."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

History, Man, Poetry, Knowledge

"You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft."

Alan Shepard, American Astronaut

History, Talent, Ability, Being

"The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character, its successful outcome, were due to that most remarkable character, Governor Hunt."

Mary Harris Jones, American Activist

History, Successful, Character

"I loved psychology and I loved history."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

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"I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling."

Frances Burney, British Novelist

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"When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas."

M. H. Abrams, American Critic

History, Ideas, Leading, Spirits

"Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place."

Ignazio Silone, Italian Author

History, Fascism, Revolution

"That is a Medieval way of drawing history, in which they do not respect the law and want the rest of the world to respect the law. That's not possible."

Emir Kusturica, Serbian Director

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"I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history."

Antonio Tabucchi, Italian Writer

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"There remains, however, the hope, at least in Russia, that, as sometimes happens in history, the memory of lost alternatives will one day inspire efforts to regain them."

Stephen Cohen, American Educator

History, Hope, Day, Memory

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"This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history."

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"The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is another liar... I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does."

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"We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed."

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"It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening."

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"Every President hates the Press."

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"The history of man is a must read poetry."

"You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft."

"The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character, its successful outcome, were due to that most remarkable character, Governor Hunt."

"I loved psychology and I loved history."

"I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling."

"When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas."

"Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place."

"That is a Medieval way of drawing history, in which they do not respect the law and want the rest of the world to respect the law. That's not possible."

"I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history."

"There remains, however, the hope, at least in Russia, that, as sometimes happens in history, the memory of lost alternatives will one day inspire efforts to regain them."

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"This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history."

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"The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is another liar... I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does."

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"But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer."

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"I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?"

"We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed."

"It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening."

"Every President hates the Press."