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«Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite ta a party.»
«Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes»
Author: Murray Edelman
| About:
Fear,
History,
Hope,
Politics,
Violence
| Keywords:
an account, cope, cope with, expenditure, largely, mythical, mythical being, Political history
«That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach»
«Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
History
| Keywords:
after death, and others, delighted, permitted, personally
«The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history by standing with past profiles in courage, and defending not party, not partisanship, but defending principle and democracy itself.»
Author: Senator John Kerry
(Senator)
| About:
Courage,
Democracy,
History,
Senators,
The Senate
| Keywords:
profiles, profiling, senators
«Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.»
«Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider . . . Histories make men wise.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
History,
Reading
| Keywords:
confute, confuted, confutes, confuting, contradict, Histories, take for, take for granted, weigh
«Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(Philosopher)
| About:
Evil,
History,
Inspiration,
Love,
Truth
| Keywords:
End of time, fall, history, invincible, in the end, murderers, seem, The Invincible, think of, tyrants, won
«Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.»
«The past is never forgotten; it's never even past»
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