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History Quotes
"While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation, one of the more well-known stories about the beginnings of Memorial Day is the story about General John Logan."
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"History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion."
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"Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet."
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"The team which I led to the 1992 European Championship Finals is the only one in the history of the entire competition to have won every single one of its qualifying matches."
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"What an absurdity to go and bury oneself in South America, where they are always having revolutions."
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"Let us make sure that the supreme fact of the 20th century is that they tread the same path."
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"Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do."
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"I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans."
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"History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes."
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"If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization."
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"No, she did not have a history of twins, and we had discussed all of this before she got pregnant. What if all three, what if two eggs, what if one - you discuss every scenario."
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"I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians."
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"There's no question that Stalin broke the agreements made at Yalta completely about elections that were supposed to be held immediately in Poland, and Eastern Europe was plunged into slavery as a consequence."
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"History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen."
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"He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied."
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"Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission."
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"The countless number of influential figures in American history who are of Caribbean heritage indicates the need to set aside a designated time to celebrate their contribution to our country."
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"History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim."
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"If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace."
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"Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film that aspire to the complexity of literary SF."
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"It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits and instincts of animals as the fixed point, and to consider their structure and organization as specially adapted to be in accordance with them."
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"Germany is a great nation only because its people have so much Polish blood in their veins."
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"Through educational programming, Jewish American History Month will help raise the awareness of a people, their history and contributions. It will help combat anti-Semitism, a phenomenon that is on the rise and that unfortunately still exists in our Nation."
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"History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."
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"But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues."
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"The problem with allowing God a role in the history of life is not that science would cease, but rather that scientists would have to acknowledge the existence of something important which is outside the boundaries of natural science."
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"From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history."
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"The trial of Ernst Zundel has gone down in Canadian history."
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