Quotes of: Eleanor-roosevelt Keyword

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.

Samuel de Champlain

And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.

Shelby Foote

The true reason of Ms. Rice's attack against Russia is very simple. Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

After an unremitting and severe labour of two days, we returned to our old encampment with the loss of some of my horses, and my men excessively fatigued.

William Henry Ashley

After the departure of the land parties, I embarked with six men on thursday, the 21st april, on board my newly made boat and began the descent of the river.

William Henry Ashley

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.

Andre Agassi

I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis.

Antony Beevor

Counter-knowledge covers the propagation of false legends and conspiracy theories often used for political purposes or fundamentalist religious propaganda.

Antony Beevor

In my library/study/barn, there is a Ping-Pong table on which I can pile working books and spread maps.

Antony Beevor

The greatest heroes of the Normandy battlefield were the unarmed medics, whom snipers often shot at despite their Red Cross armbands.

Antony Beevor

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

Andrew Cuomo

People who assume I want to run for elected office may be dealing from a bad assumption.

Andrew Cuomo

More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England.

Albert Bushnell Hart

Each colony became accustomed to planting new settlements and to claiming new boundaries.

Albert Bushnell Hart

In each colony in 1750 were to be found two sets of governing organizations, - the local and the general.

Albert Bushnell Hart

England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.

Albert Bushnell Hart

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.

Albert Bushnell Hart

Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of the court.

Anthony Kennedy

No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.

Anthony Kennedy

There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all.

Antonin Scalia