Famous Quotes: History

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
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Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.
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Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
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In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient.
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History is the science of things which are not repeated.
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In the end, human history is made up of all our decisions.
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The history of America is to expand civil liberties in a responsible and civil manner. We need to remember that our wonderful Democracy with its freedoms has been working.
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I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern.
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The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
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My work is not about my life history. It's not about the story of my neurosis.
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I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.
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In Jewish history there are no coincidences.
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Part of the problem is voters know relatively little about Romney. And some of what they know about him complicates his task: Romney has a history of flip-flopping on issues, he's extraordinarily wealthy, and he can be tone-deaf about what moves voters. He just doesn't seem comfortable in his skin.
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It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.
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History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen.
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One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.
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Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.
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Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
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I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion so as to make the meaning of it as a process of evolution intelligible to the young.
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Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
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