Famous Quotes: History

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.
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I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President in the history of all of our Presidents, and that he can do no wrong in my book. So how's that for prejudice on the Democratic side?
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I'm not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history.
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When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on.
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September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.
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If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. We're a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues.
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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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If I don't tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong.
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Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There's been an extraordinary advance.
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It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.
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I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history.
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Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit if a history regarding Pakistan.
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The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.
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The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
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The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.
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The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.
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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?
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