Quotes about historic
historical
I'm a big fan of historical fiction stuff. Historical battles - 'Gladiators,' 'The Patriot.' Andrew Luck
historical facts palestine
It is highly probable that the bulk of the Jew's ancestors 'never' lived in Palestine 'at all,' which witnesses the power of historical assertion over fact. H. G. Wells
historical democratic aim
Our aim is a democratic peace. George W. Bush
historical democracy world
It is no accident that the rise of so many democracies took place in a time when the world's most influential nation was itself a democracy.
historical democracy world
As the 20th century ended, there were around 120 democracies in the world - and I can assure you more are on the way.
historical paper faces
Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It's just a goddamned piece of paper!
historical fiction problem
As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen. George R. R. Martin
historic opportunity
They have really seized, I believe, a historic opportunity,
historical consciousness form
It was clear to me that the forms of consciousness of our inherited and acquired historical education - aesthetic consciousness and historical consciousness - presented alienated forms of our true historical being. Hans-Georg Gadamer
historical sun west
He who travels west travels not only with the sun but with history. Hal Borland
historical cynicism precedent
Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent. Glen Cook
historical prophecy
History is but the unrolled scroll of prophecy. James A. Garfield
historical development clients
The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer. Christopher Lasch
historical world
The Rothschilds have conquered the world more thoroughly, more cunningly, and much more lastingly than all the Caesars before... Frederic Morton
historical sitting dramatic
I'm a history buff, and right now we're sitting on one of the most dramatic historical shifts that this planet has ever seen and we have a front row seat for it. James Daly
historical details pages
No one has ever used historical examples, near or remote, with the detail, precision, and directness to be found in every page of Shaw. Jacques Barzun
historical alliances disputes
To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute. James Buchanan
historical facts purpose
No language is justly studied merely as an aid to other purposes. It will in fact better serve other purposes, philological or historical, when it is studied for love, for itself. J. R. R. Tolkien
historical looks christianity
If Christianity needed an Anti-Christ, they needed look no farther than Paul. Jeremy Bentham
historical excellence ancient
Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.
historic valuable
I don't think they know this is a valuable historic asset.
historical liberty noble
While boasting of our noble deeds we're careful to conceal the ugly fact that by an iniquitous money system we have nationalized a system of oppression which, though more refined, is not less cruel than the old system of chattel slavery. Horace Greeley
historical examination principles
The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics. Ferdinand de Saussure
historical liberty observance
The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards. Felix Frankfurter
historic odd people three towns vote
It is very odd that it would not have to go to a vote of the people like the three historic towns had to do,
historical king lessens younger
It lessens the historical saliency of King for younger kids.
historical danger closed-minded
There is nothing more dangerous than security. Francis Walsingham
historical events racket
What we have to do now is to make the public at large aware that what we're looking at is not a historical event but - and I have to be brutal and I am going to say it - a racket.
historical three-things newspapers
A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead. Ernest Bevin
historical democracy savages
Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos. Polybius
historical mind progress
My History of the Jesuits is in four volumes.... This society has been a greater calamity to mankind than the French Revolution, or Napoleon's despotism or ideology. It has obstructed progress of reformation and the improvement of the human mind in society much longer and more fatally. John Adams
historical today winner
The only winner today is big business. Stonewall Jackson
historical rooted
History is rooted in the future Terence McKenna