Quotes About History

He sailed through American history like a steel ship loaded with monoliths of granite.

Please don't ask me any questions about the politics of 30 years ago.

American journalism's crazy old aunt in the attic.

What is it we are hating? It goes beyond politics. I suppose that my fascination with [Margaret Thatcher] is not just with her political record but with her as a phenomenon.

This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.

I worked in the media from the late 30's through the early 70's. Politics in general became more liberal both nationally and within the state as the years passed.

I think generational trauma also plays a big part in the reactions to Israeli politics.

There used to be a lot more politics in the Olympics, when the Soviet Bloc committed a lot of resources for propaganda purposes.

In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's.

I'm old enuf to remember when Dems considered a UN resolution and an actual coalition nothing more than Bushy McHitler going it alone.

and then the chosen lie would pass into the permanent records and become truth

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder.

Unlike Churchill I have no plans to shape history. . . . Socrates gave advice - and they poisoned him.

Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?

Remember this although timing in life is everything, memorable moments in history don't just happen! Do something...stay positive!

If you are a white male, you don't deserve to live. You are a cancer, you're a disease, white males have never contributed anything positive to the world!

The last positive thing England did for cricket was to invent it.

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.

Precedents once established are so much positive power.

We can tentatively credit capitalist civilization with a positive, if very geographically uneven, record in the struggle against disease.

Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists.

However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy.

Having a movie that lasts and makes your image imprinted into the history of cinema, it's very positive.

In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II.