A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
I tell people that the history of Mozilla and Firefox is so one of a kind that it should not be used - ever - as an example of what's possible.
He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied.
Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders.
Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.
I have become aware on my travels that when a country loses the connection between its history and its traditional dress, something truly precious is lost.
The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty.
The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation.
The Iraq War was the first conflict in western history in which an imperialist war was massively protested against before it had even been launched.
The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival.
Imagine a part of the U.S.A., from which the U.S.A. started - where is the cradle of your history? This is Kosovo for Serbia.
The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography.
As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.
The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people who wrote checks were not. They had other motivations.
I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.
I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.
Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.
Kennedy invited us into the White House-the first time in the history of the White House picketers had been invited inside. This made front page headlines.
Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?
Never before in history has the global marketplace touched so many consumers and provided access to so many producers.
