Quotes About History

Anti-New Deal rhetoric has never disappeared from American political life.

The number of states in the union has been fixed at 50 for so long, few Americans realize that throughout most of our history, the addition of new states from time to time was a normal part of political life.

The ongoing argument over whether the Enlightenment is a good thing is hardly a new facet of American political life.

I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century.

I'm not a big fan of journalism schools, except those that are organized around a liberal arts education. Have an understanding of history, economics and political science - and then learn to write.

The goals of Russia since 1917 have been to destroy capitalism, discredit democracy, and show that Communist collectivism was the greatest social and political system in the world.

I am no historian, but Hungary is a country which has never known democracy - and by that, I mean not a democratic political system, but an organic process which has mobilised the entire country's society. In the case of Hungary, this development was blocked by the growth of the Ottoman empire in the 16th century.

If sexual intercourse, as the poets tell us, began in 1963, it was another decade and a half before the American political system began to take notice.

Through my political work in D.C., and having done 'Milk' I got to know a lot of gay octogenarians. They are lovely and they like to tell their stories, and I like hearing them.

Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln, for in him I saw the destroyer.

I could not cherish London and not value Jewish London. The contribution of Jews to London is immense - politically, economically, culturally, intellectually, philanthropically, artistically.

I've never been nostalgic, personally or politically - if the past was so great, how come it's history?

I was very politicized always. I was very conservative politically, because I'd seen what the communists did to my country.

It's hard for me not to have a great deal of compassion for the last Romanov family because, really, I don't know if a politically savvy ruler would have been able to make the situation turn out much differently.

I'd been politically active ever since my parents wheeled me in a stroller in a 'ban the bomb' march in Boston in 1963.

I was politically complacent during the Blair years. Things were good and people thought things would be good forever.

I wasn't raised to make history. In high school and family, no one around me was politically involved, and few of my friends planned to attend college or even thought about it.

I read a lot of history. It has taught me that any politician has to overcome difficult periods in order to achieve their goals.

Pakistanis can't trust. They've seen in history that people, particularly politicians, are corrupt. And they're misguided by people in the name of Islam. They're told: 'Malala is not a Muslim, she's not in purdah, she's working for America.'

Barack Obama is one of the greatest politicians in American history.

We should look back now and then. Our politicians should look back every now and then.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents.

For Conservatives, all disputes over law, liberty and justice are addressed to a historic and existing community. The root of politics, they believe, is attachment - the motive in human beings that binds them to the place, the customs, the history and the people who are theirs.