Famous Quotes: History

If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.
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Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.
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As a state we are so uniquely positioned in so many ways. Our geography, our placement in the country, and our history positions us to be the state that propels energy efficiency as an industry.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but I think is generally more information than we had before. Last tour we didn't have Wikipedia. And then Discovery Channel and History Channel. I can take it in and retain what I think are the most important facts.
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Well I teach in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. So that's my primary work. I lecture on various campuses and in various communities across the country and other parts of the world.
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China is an old nation with a colourful history. Its booming economy has triggered an appetite and a curiosity around the world for its art and culture, one that continues to grow. I can, however, tell people that it is a show with no actor.
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Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda that's been made. So there are moral demands on the director to treat the spectators as seriously as he or she takes himself and not to see them merely as victims that can be manipulated to whatever ends they have.
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Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.
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There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history.
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It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened yesterday. It happened to my mother. I never met my grandmothers or my grandfathers. They were all wiped up in the gas chambers of Nazi Germany.
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It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.
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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.
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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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Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize that this music was almost like a history of our country - this music contained the real history of the people of this country.
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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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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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