Quotes about historical
historical mind penetration
Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. Samuel Johnson
historical world becoming
In this new world economy, national boundaries are increasingly becoming obsolete. Ronald Reagan
historical liberty democracy
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. Vladimir Lenin
historical world costumes
Things are only mannequins and even the great world-historical events are only costumes beneath which they exchange glances with nothingness Walter Benjamin
historical krishna figures
That Krishna himself was a historical figure is indeed quite indubitable. Rudolf Otto
historical soldier unthinkable
If I have to be a soldier I must be a good one, anything else is unthinkable Wilfred Owen
historical atmosphere significance
A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance. Stefan Zweig
historical use nations
The history of nations, in the sense in which I use the word, is often best studied in works not professedly historical. Thomas B. Macaulay
historical essentials human-nature
History distinguishes what is accidental and transitory in human nature from what is essential and immutable.
historical paper mediums
Bank-paper must be suppressed, and the circulating medium must be restored to the nation to whom it belongs. Thomas Jefferson
historical answers debate
The historical debate is over. The answer is free-market capitalism. Thomas Friedman
historical
All societies are historical. Raymond Queneau
historical sides stories
The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side.
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 looks christianity
If Christianity needed an Anti-Christ, they needed look no farther than Paul. Jeremy Bentham
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 development domain
The historical development of the work of anthropologists seems to single out clearly a domain of knowledge that heretofore has not been treated by any other science Franz Boas
historical-novels cloaks fluttering
I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks. Jeanette Winterson
historical rooms murder
After further introductions were made, we settled in the family room. Yes, the living room would have been nicer, but I wanted comfortable surroundings while plotting to murder one famed historical figure with another one. ~Cat Jeaniene Frost
historical recipes ingredients
That said, there are certainly still cooks out there who make fantastic historical cornbreads, though the old recipes have often been changed to include modern techniques and ingredients. Jeremy Jackson
historical facts fiction
Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction...transcends the historical thriller. Jeffery Deaver
historical use littles
The functional language is a radically anti-historical language: operational rationality has little room and little use for historical reason. Herbert Marcuse
historical patterns consciousness
Hypostatized into a ritual pattern, Marxian theory becomes ideology. But its content and function distinguish it from classical forms of ideology; it is not false consciousness, but a rather consciousness of falsehood, a falsehood which is corrected in the context of the higher truth represented by the objective historical interest.
historical doe election
Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.
historical excellence ancient
Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.
historical ghost performances
The really historical performance would talk to ghosts. Friedrich Nietzsche
historical fiction fans
I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan, Gale Anne Hurd
historical age empires
Human beings can be redeemed. Empires cannot. Our refusal to face the truth about empire, our refusal to defy the multitudinous crimes and atrocities of empire, has brought about the nightmare Malcolm predicted. And as the Digital Age and our post-literate society implant a terrifying historical amnesia, these crimes are erased as swiftly as they are committed. Chris Hedges
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.