Quotes About History

Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.

George W. Bush did an incredible job in the presidency, defending us from freedom.

Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power.

Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

Back a hundred years ago, especially around Woodrow Wilson, what happened in this country is we took freedom and we chopped it into pieces.

The Liberty Bell is "a very significant symbol for the entire democratic world."

For the people of Israel and America are historic partners in the global quest for human dignity and freedom. We will always remain at each other's side.

Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well.

Freedom works, it turns out; the Constitution codified and structured freedom at a level unparalleled in world history.

The advance of freedom is the great story of our time

The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice.

Liberty was paid for by past sacrifices and given to us as a present gift.

There's no friend like someone who has known you since you were five.

To this day, the United States is profoundly grateful for our friendship and alliance with Greece.

It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons.

She is one of my best friends. Why I've known her ever since we were the same age.

As we go from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt to Mitt Romney, I now understand why the Republicans don't believe in evolution.

To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming too many calories is like saying that the only cause of the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party.

Every time I hear the name Joe Louis my nose starts to bleed.

It's a required part of your film history to know who Woody is. His movies are so wonderful, and not just funny but so insightful about human behavior.

We flew over to England by the same route Churchill took. It was easy. All we had to do was follow the cigar ashes.

Every future turns into the past. The richness of your past dictates what you are today. It's not your decision what you are today, but what you will be tomorrow. This is where a part of your decision comes into play.