History Quotes
|
|
|
|
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
|
|
|
|
|
We find but few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth. It is their common method to take on trust what they distribute to the public; by which means, a falsehood, once received from a famed writer, becomes traditional to posterity.
|
|
|
|
|
We may gather out of history a policy no less wise than eternal, by the comparison and application of other men's forepast miseries with our own like errors and ill deservings.
|
|
|
|
|
We must consider how very little history there is; I mean real, authentic history. - That certain kings reigned, and certain battles were fought, we can depend on as true; but all the coloring, all the philosophy of history is conjecture.
|
|
|
|
|
We read history through our prejudices.
|
|
|
|
|
We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
|
|
|
|
|
We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.
|
|
|
|
|
We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.
|
|
|
|
|
What are most of the histories of the world but lies? - Lies immortalized, and consigned over as a perpetual abuse and a flaw upon posterity.
|
|
|
|
|
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
|
|
|
|
|
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
|
|
|
|
|
What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies and the quarrels of those who engage in contention for power.
|
|
|
|
|
What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
|
|
|
|
|
When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.
|
|
|
|
|
When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
|
|
|
|
|
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
|
|
|
|
|
Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
|
|
|
|
|
Why should we honor those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
|
|
|
|
|
World War II was the last government program that really worked.
|
|
|
|
|
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.
|
|
|
|
|